- Date
- November 19, 1979
- Place
- Beckwourth, CA · BECKWOURTH, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78MCCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791119043189A
- Case key
- 132783
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3880 79/11/19 BECKWOURTH,CA CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 3732 TIME - 0515 N78MC PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 158 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BECKWOURTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDDING,CA TONAPAH,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT FAILED AT #5 & 6 CYL JOURNALS EVIDENCE OF BELOW SURFACE FATIGUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78MC
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beckwourth
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.