- Date
- September 4, 1989, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rangely, CO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N761RPCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890904033569A
- Case key
- 17775
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Probable cause
Forced landing in unsuitable terrain as a result of an engine crankshaft failure.
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 pilot made a forced landing in rough, uneven terrain, following an engine failure. He elected to land wheels up due to the terrain. The plane struck brush and came to rest after sliding 200 feet. The left wing tip, engine cowling and right wing were damaged. Postaccident engine tear down and analysis revealed that a fatigue crack had propagated from a subsurface flaw. The crankshaft had broken between the number two and number three main bearing journals and resulted in complete crankshaft failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761RP
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062460
- Airframe hours
- 1,536
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Kirk Fry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 5, 1989 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- 2UC · Gunnison, CO
- Destination
- JAC · Jackson, WY
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 812 total · 172 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
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 N761RP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.