- Date
- November 8, 1992, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain View, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9637XCessna 210B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921108045819A
- Case key
- 18615
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Probable cause
The collapsed right main gear due to the gear locking mechanism not being engaged. A factor was the failed crankshaft.
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 airplane was in cruise flight when the pilot noted an engine vibration. A total loss of power then occurred. During the forced landing to a highway, the pilot and the passenger attempted to lower the landing gear with the emergency gear extension system. Prior to touchdown, the pilot confirmed that the left main and nose gear were down and locked. During the landing roll onto the highway, the right main gear collapsed resulting in the airplane veering off the roadway surface and into a ditch. The FAA found the engine's crankshaft fractured. No other anomalies were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9637X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21057937
- Airframe hours
- 2,634
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Turnage, Marvin E.
- Registered owner
- Turnage, Marvin E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1992 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- 3MO · Lakeview, AR
- Destination
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,042 total · 450 in this make and model · 38 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLP, 10 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 N9637X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.