- Date
- May 30, 1987, 12:47 local (17:47 UTC)
- Place
- Murfreesboro, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4965YCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870530031889A
- Case key
- 7440
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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.
Analysis
While climbing thru 6,000 ft, the plt heard & felt a 'thud' & then realized the eng had failed. Drg a subsequent emerg landing in a muddy corn field, the nose gear mired in soft terrain & the acft nosed over. A teardown of the eng revealed the crankshaft was fractured thru the short cheek, just aft of the #2 bearing journal. A metallurgical exam of the fracture surface revealed the failure was initiated by hi cycle fatigue.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4965Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210 64059
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Hollow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MBT · Murfreesboro, TN
- Destination
- TYS · Knoxville, TN
- Airport
- MBT · Murfreesboro
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 948 total · 469 in this make and model · 781 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.