- Date
- February 1, 1992, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N732HGCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920201001549A
- Case key
- 8496
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Probable cause
The failure of overhaul personnel to properly torque the engine case rear thru bolts.
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 the cruise flight at 9500 feet the engine seized. A forced landing was made to a divided highway. Traffic forced a landing in the median where the wing hit a sign & veered the a/c into a ditch. The engine had 121 hours since overhaul. Examination of the engine revealed that the rear crankcase thru bolts were finger tight. The rear main bearing had spun, the number 1 rod cap separated, and the crankshaft had fractured through the counterweight cheek.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732HG
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061521
- Airframe hours
- 1,724
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bailey,James H. Pou,Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1991 · 121 hours before
- Departed
- PBI · Palm Beach, FL
- Destination
- MRH · Beaufort, NC
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,255 total · 250 in this make and model · 6,251 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 13 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYR, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.