20120817020419A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna T210N · Bakersfield, CA · August 17, 2012

Date
August 17, 2012 · 14:00 local
Place
Bakersfield, CA
Airport
Meadows Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6493N
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12LA414
Reported as
Cessna T210N
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The exhaust pipe clamp to the turbo broke which allowed the exhaust pipe to rotate inboard. The hot exhaust caused the subsequent fire and resulting damage. The right lower cowling was distroyed, the nose gear door had a hole burned through, the engine motor mount was destroyed, damage to the firewall and the inter-cooler, the turbocharger was destroyed, likely overheating of the engine right cylinders.

As the FAA filed it

THE EXHAUST PIPE CLAMP TO THE TURBO BROKE WHICH ALLOWED THE EXHAUST PIPE TO ROTATE INBOARD. THE HOT EXHAUST CAUSED THE SUBSEQUENT FIRE AND RESULTING DAMAGE.THE RIGHT LOWER COWLING WAS DISTROYED, THE NOSE GEAR DOOR HAD A HOLE BURNED THROUGH, THE ENGINE MOTOR MOUNT WAS DESTROYED, DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND THE INTER-COOLER, THE TURBOCHARGER WAS DESTROYED, LIKELY OVERHEATING OF THE ENGINE RIGHT CYLINDERS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.