- Date
- February 28, 1988, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grosebeck, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N761RPCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880228043739I
- Case key
- 22570
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot made a forced landing following engine failure. Teardown examination showed the no. 4 exhaust valve head had separated from the stem. Metal debris was found in the oil sump. The no. 1 connecting rod was separated from the crankshaft. There was evidence of improper lubrication in the vicinity of the no. 1 connecting rod crankshaft journal. The oil pump was intact and an adequate supply of lubricating oil was available. Before going through the piston top, the separated exhaust valve head made numerous dents and abrasions on the piston head and cylinder dome. The resultant sandblasting effect obliterated the fracture surfaces.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761RP
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062460
- Airframe hours
- 2,124
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gillen, Billy L.
- Registered owner
- B.L. Gillen & M. Baker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 19, 1987 · 181 hours before
- Departed
- T69 · Sinton, TX
- Destination
- CRS · Cirsicana, 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
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 16 in this make and model · 205 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACFT, 45 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 N761RP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.