- Date
- December 14, 1984, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Temple, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5901FCessna 210G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841214066909A
- Case key
- 21645
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the flt in IMC, plt reported low oil pressure to ATC and declared an emergency. Aprx 4 mins later an engine failure was experienced. Plt stated he broke out of the overcast at aprx 250 ft AGL and the acft impacted a power line during the attempted landing in an open field. Engine examination disclosed that the #2 main bearing had spun in the bearing support which initiated the failure of the rods and crankshaft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5901F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058901
- Airframe hours
- 3,449
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R.A. Haltermann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 1984 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- F54 · Arlington, TX
- Destination
- CRP · Corpus Christi, 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,465 total · 1 in this make and model · 1,315 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPL, 2 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 N5901F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.