- Date
- November 3, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4958UCessna 210E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19821103056509A
- Case key
- 70208
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Analysis
The eng lost power passing 4,000 ft during climbout. The plt immediately reversed course & attempted to reach lovell field. He was unable to reach the rwy & landed in a shopping center parking lot 1 mi short of the rwy. The right wing struck a signpost & the nose gr collapsed. The throttle linkage was found separated at the control shaft under the rod end that connects to the fuel control. The fracture area was in the control rod & the fracture surface exhibited rust over the entire break. Metallurgical examination revealed a fatigue fracture of the control shaft at the point where the drive screw was inserted through the sleeve, the threaded brass bushing & into the control shaft. Cessna service bulletin 69-16, dated 7/22/69, identified this problem & described procedures to remedy the problem. Service letters arenot mandatory & there was no record of compliance in the acft's logbook.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4958U
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058658
- Airframe hours
- 3,639
- Engine
- Continental IO-520A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl A. Olivenbaum
- Registered owner
- Ovid R. Gano
- Departed
- CHA · Chattanooga, TN
- Destination
- Gainesville, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CHA · Lovell Field, runway 2, 7,401 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 481 total · 426 in this make and model · 422 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.