- Date
- February 21, 1992, 16:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N732TRCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920221003279A
- Case key
- 15399
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Probable cause
The total loss of engine power due to a fatigue-fractured crankshaft.
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 accident airplane sustained substantial damage during a forced landing following a complete loss of engine power. Inspection disclosed a fractured crankshaft. A metallurgical examination of the crankshaft revealed ladder cracking and a fatigue fracture between the number 3 and number 5 main bearing journals. The crankshaft was a used crankshaft which was inspected and installed as part of a 'zero time' overhauled engine. No preexisting metallurgical anomalies were discovered during the postaccident metallurgical inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732TR
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061766
- Airframe hours
- 6,942
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Prompt Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Prompt Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1992 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Destination
- SPI · Springfield, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,495 total · 167 in this make and model · 1,495 as pilot in command · 182 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.