- Date
- February 21, 1990, 19:28 local (Feb 22, 1990, 02:28 UTC)
- Place
- Hungry Horse, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91146Cessna T207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900221005709A
- Case key
- 17893
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Probable cause
Failure of the #4 connecting rod. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions and lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
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
Airspur flt 500, a domestic cargo flt, departed kalispell, MT, at 1903 MDT with an IFR flt plan to great falls, MT. At 1922, the plt notified salt lake ARTCC he was returning to kalispell due to a rough running eng. Shortly thereafter, the plt reported the eng had failed completely. The plt made an emerg forced landing on a mountain ridge at the aprx 5500 ft level in IFR conditions. Accident location was aprx 18 NM east of kalispell. Eng disassembly later revealed the #4 connecting rod had failed catastrophically.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91146
- Reported as
- Cessna T207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700090
- Airframe hours
- 10,455
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-G, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Corporate Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 1, 1990 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- FCA · Kalispell, MT
- Destination
- GTF · Great Falls, MT
- 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,850 total · 27 in this make and model · 1,710 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 49 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCA, 27 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 N91146 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.