- Date
- February 10, 1986, 09:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18SACessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860210002479A
- Case key
- 13421
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After preheating the eng the plt took off and during climb the cabin filled with smoke and the eng stopped. A forced landing was made on a city street during which the left wing contacted a sign pole. Post accident teardown of the eng disclosed that an oil temp control valve required to retain the eng oil in the crankcase until proper operating temp is attained was not installed. Without this temp valve, oil is permitted to flow through the oil cooler. The plt also failed to visually check the viscosity of the oil after preheating the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18SA
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700272
- Airframe hours
- 5,350
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Burley Harding
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 1985
- Departed
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
- Destination
- CWA · Mosinee, WI
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,360 in this make and model · 2,740 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 7 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 3 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.