- Date
- August 13, 1986, 17:22 local (22:22 UTC)
- Place
- Altus, OK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N731RRCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860813040079A
- Case key
- 22074
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The engine failed at 10,500 feet MSL and the pilot was vectored to a small private sod strip. However, this strip had been closed and plowed up for about a year and was not listed on the current aeronautical charts. The pilot was then revectored to another airport which originally would have been within gliding distance for the aircraft. However, by this time altitude was inadequate and the plt could not reach the airport. The aircraft crash landed about six miles short in a plowed field where the aircraft nosed over. Post accident investigation revealed the engine crank shaft had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731RR
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000538
- Airframe hours
- 479
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Victor S. Frigon
- Registered owner
- Vico Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1985
- Departed
- ICT · Wichita, KS
- Destination
- MAF · Midland, TX
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 803 total · 690 in this make and model · 710 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LTS, 6 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 N731RR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.