- Date
- November 17, 1988, 11:54 local (17:54 UTC)
- Place
- Uriah, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5021PCessna 210B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881117051119A
- Case key
- 7954
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Analysis
While cruising at 6500 ft, the eng lost power & the prop stopped windmilling. The plt elected to land on a highway. Drg the landing, the right wing hit overhanging tree limbs which yawed the acft off the right side of the road & down an embankment. The eng was removed & disassembled which revealed the crankshaft had failed from fatigue at the #2 crank cheek. Fatigue had originated at the front corner of the #2 cheek lightening hole. The eng was manufactured in 1961. In 1962, the manufacturer redesigned the crankshaft for this model of eng by eliminating the lightening hole. In may 1962, Continental svc bulletin (sb) M62-8 adzd of the availability of the improved crankshaft. The eng of N5021P was overhauled on 7/21/75 at 1486 hrs. At that time, the crankshaft was removed, magnafluxed & reinstalled. Time since overhaul was 695 hrs. Total eng time was 2181 hrs.
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
- N5021P
- Reported as
- Cessna 210B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058045
- Airframe hours
- 2,256
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E - Z Flite
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1988 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- 2A9 · Peachtree City, GA
- Destination
- MSY · New Orleans, LA
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 59 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 345° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.