# NTSB ATL87LA154: Cessna T210N, N4965Y, Murfreesboro, TN, May 30, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 30, 1987, 12:47 local (17:47 UTC)
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Coordinates: 35.849914, -86.390357 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8499&lon=-86.3904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7440
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA154
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7440/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA154

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, climb - to cruise
  - engine assembly,crankshaft - fatigue (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - open field
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4965Y-1990-02-08), registration cancelled 1990-02-08, S/N 21064059 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 210 64059
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870530031889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870530031889A), May 30, 1987: Cessna T210N, Murfreesboro, TN, Substantial damage. Engine failure on climbout. Forced landing in a muddy field. Nosed over on rollout. Found a fractured crankshaft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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