- Date
- September 12, 1982, 11:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Gage, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5237WCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820912045299A
- Case key
- 70796
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,crankcase - otherCause
Maintenance - improperCause
Inadequate quality controlCause
Lubricating system - blocked(partial)Cause
Fluid,oil - starvationCause
Engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
Fluid,oil - leakFactor
Window,flight compartment window/windshield - dirty(foggy)Factor
Visual lookout - reduced
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
While on a VFR cross-country flight from tucson, AZ to roswell, NM, the engine failed and the pilot made an emergency landing in the desert. The engine teardown revealed that the oil passage which feeds the number 2 and 3 main bearing journals had not been drilled properly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5237W
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000660
- Airframe hours
- 197
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-52O-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert J. Leonard
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Leonard
- Departed
- C · Tuscon, AZ
- Destination
- C · Roswell, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,607 total · 961 in this make and model · 1,525 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.