# NTSB FTW82DA212: Cessna 210L, N5280V, Wichita Falls, TX, June 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: June 4, 1982, 19:30 local (Jun 5, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Coordinates: 33.849201, -98.539024 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8492&lon=-98.5390&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73043
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA212
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73043/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA212

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,piston - fatigue (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
  - gear down and locked - performed, pilot in command
  - lowering of flaps - not performed, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER CLIMBING TO 2500 FT THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND QUIT. THE PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND SHUT DOWN ALL SWITCHES BUT DID NOT EXTEND THE FLAPS. DURING THE ENSUING EMERGENCY LANDING THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER IN A WHEAT FIELD. ENGINE EXAMINATION REVEALED A PISTON PIN THAT HAD BROKEN AS A RESULT OF METAL FATIGUE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5280V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5280V-1992-12-28), registration cancelled 1992-12-28, S/N 21060895, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21060895
- Airframe hours: 925
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: William S. Duke
- Registered owner: William S. Duke
- Departed: WICHITA FALLS, TX
- Destination: SAN ANTONIO, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,519 total, 1,480 in this make and model, 1,379 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 160 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SPS

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820604020759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820604020759A), Jun 4, 1982: Cessna 210L, Wichita Falls, TX, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climb out due to a broken piston pin. Too high for landing on runway, flipped over in a plowed field

## Other investigations on N5280V (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC91LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA043), Dec 6, 1990: Cessna 210L (N5280V), New Haven, CT, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVER TO ADEQUATELY MONITOR THE RADIO/TRAFFIC PATTERN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, THE AIRCRAFT'S LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER AFTER ACTIVATING THE RUNWAY…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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