- Date
- May 3, 1986, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55MMCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860503015589A
- Case key
- 24911
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While enroute from cincinnati, oh (luk), to torrance, CA, the airplane experienced a total engine power loss about 10 miles south of Long Beach airport (lgb), Long Beach, CA. The pilot attempted to land at lgb but the acft alt was insufficient. The acft crashed on a golf course located abt 1/4 mile east of the arpt. The investigation disclsd the no. 2 piston had melted due to extreme high temp distress and the con rod fractured in overload. The engine was installed at luk on may 2, 1986 and had accum 125 flt hrs. Metallurgical exam disclsd misalignment of the con rod and piston/cylinder barrel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55MM
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 00266
- Airframe hours
- 1,633
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Washburn, Thomas B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 1986 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- E69 · Payson, AZ
- Destination
- TOA · Torrance, CA
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 3,600 in this make and model · 4,400 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB, 1 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 N55MM · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.