- Date
- August 2, 1975
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ · GRAND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9496MCessna 210K
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750802038219A
- Case key
- 150525
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3335 75/8/2 NR.GRAND CANYON,AZ CESSNA 210K CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1525 N9496M PX- 0 1 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 29, 1345 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 72 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND CANYON,AZ LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: FILTERS,SCREEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OIL FILTER ADAPTER FAILED. LND IN DESERT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9496M
- Reported as
- Cessna 210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9496MRegistered now · Cessna T210KAirframe modelCessna T210KEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.