- Date
- March 28, 1971
- Place
- Rocksprings, TX · ROCKSPRINGS, TX
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7487ECessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160214
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0328 71/3/28 ROCKSPRINGS,TEX CESSNA 210 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 46 TOTAL TIME - 0948 N7487E PX- 0 3 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE PASS,TEX SAN ANGELO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROP BLADE ACTUATING PIN FAILED AT THREADED END,CAUSE NOT DETERMINED. ROCK STREWN TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7487E
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7487ERegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 210Airframe modelCessna 210Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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.
Other investigations on N7487E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.