- Date
- May 13, 1974
- Place
- Bay Minette, AL · BAY MINETTE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4918UCessna 210E
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740513018459A
- Case key
- 125985
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1907 74/5/13 BAY MINETTE,ALA CESSNA 210E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, UNK/NR TIME - 0830 N4918U PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAY MINETTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOBILE,ALA SHAWMUT,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT EXPIRED 3 DAYS AFTR ACDT.CRANKSHAFT COUNTER WEIGHT AND CON ROD BKN.ORDER OF FAIL WAS NOT RPTD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4918U
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bay Minette
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4918U · 1
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