- Date
- January 7, 1983, 17:13 local (Jan 8, 1983, 00:13 UTC)
- Place
- Glade Park, CO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3886PCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830107002029A
- Case key
- 16031
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landing gear collapsed during a forced landing after an engine failure. The pilot said he lost manifold and oilpressure and turned back toward grand junction when the engine began making loud noises. A landing was made on a slippery road and the acft skidded and collapsed the gear. Teledyne-continental decided that a thrust washer half had been left out of the engine during manufacture. This allowed excessive movement of the crankshaft which side-loaded and failed #2 connecting rod and damaged #1 rod.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3886P
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000068
- Airframe hours
- 1,382
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William J. Welch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1982 · 198 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Destination
- TPH · Tonopah, NV
- 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,746 total · 464 in this make and model · 1,602 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GJT, 18 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.