- Date
- December 23, 1988, 20:13 local (Dec 24, 1988, 03:13 UTC)
- Place
- Roswell, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59217Cessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881223056369I
- Case key
- 17613
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Analysis
Plt preflighted acft and noted indication of 9 qts of oil in crankcase. Flt departed Roswell (row) in night VMC en route to abq. Plt had just leveled off at 6500 ft MSL when he noticed oil pressure gauge fluctuating. Oil pressure then began dropping and plt reversed course back to row. Oil pressure then dropped to zero. Plt said eng started making noise and cockpit filled with smoke. With some pwr still available, plt made landing on highway with the landing gear up. Post-incident exam of eng disclosed evidence of detonation. Nr 2 piston and rings were burned, allowing combustion gases to escape into crankcase. High exhaust gas pressure within crankcase vented oil oberboard, causing oil starvation. The eng had 2053 hrs of operation and 998 hrs since a major overhaul. On the morning of the incident the eng had received a 100 hr inspection.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59217
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060167
- Airframe hours
- 6,561
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- B & M Enterprises, Inc., doing business as New Mexico Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Robert Janes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 23, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- ROW · Roswell, NM
- Destination
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- ROW · Roswell Industrial
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- 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
- 1,826 total · 400 in this make and model · 1,602 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROW, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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