- Date
- September 26, 1984, 13:28 local (18:28 UTC)
- Place
- San Augustine, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6399YCessna T210N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840926054849A
- Case key
- 21473
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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.
Analysis
The pilot made a forced landing in a field while on a IFR flight after his engine failed. The aircraft landed short of the selected touchdown point, impacted trees and experienced a hard landing. It then caught fire and burned. Subsequent engine examination revealed the crankshift separated during flight due to high cyclic metal fatigue cracking. The crack originated about 0.044 inch below the surface in the radius at the forward end of the no. 3 main bearing journal. The origin of the fatigue crack was in an area which was free of microstructural defects. The crankshaft met the engineeringspecifications for material, hardness, and nitride thickness.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6399Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064365
- Airframe hours
- 7,650
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Snyder Equipment Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 20, 1984 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- SGF · Springfield, MO
- Destination
- BPT · Beaumont, TX
- 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 831 total · 180 in this make and model · 722 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFK, 30 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.