- Date
- December 4, 1985, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Highland, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1982MCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851204059549A
- Case key
- 13235
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Fifteen minutes after takeoff an eng failure occurred. The plt force landed the acft in a fld but the roughness of the landing surface resulted in the nose and right main gear collapsed. Examination disclosed the exhaust vavle had failed in the #4 cylinder. The vavle guides were found to be extremely worn in all the cylinders. According to the eng logbook all the valve guides were replaced during a top overhaul that was accomplished 137 eng operating hrs prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1982M
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061970
- Airframe hours
- 1,722
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas J. O'Connor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 7, 1985 · 137 hours before
- Departed
- 9G2 · Linden, MI
- Destination
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 500 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °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.
Other investigations on N1982M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.