- Date
- February 27, 1986, 22:53 local (Feb 28, 1986, 03:53 UTC)
- Place
- While Lake Twp., MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N761VXCessna 210M
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860227036379A
- Case key
- 13428
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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
The acft was four miles from the arpt on an ILS apch when an eng failure was experienced. The acft was damaged during the forced landing on a frozen lake. Post accident eng teardown revealed the eng failure originated from movement of the #2 main bearing. This resulted in a bending overload of the crankshaft and eventual separation of the crankshaft at the #3 cheek.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761VX
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062563
- Airframe hours
- 6,781
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L4, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Pdq Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1985 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- DET · Detroit, MI
- Destination
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,520 total · 515 in this make and model · 4,390 as pilot in command · 365 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK, 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.
Other investigations on N761VX · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.