- Date
- February 24, 1983, 21:30 local (Feb 25, 1983, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Near Labelle, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5980FCessna 210H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830224005469A
- Case key
- 30850
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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 acft collided with a tree during a forced landing and cartwheeled about 150 feet into a palmetto grove. The pilot stated that during the descent to Labelle the engine backfired, lost power and the windshield became covered with oil. The pilot elected to land on a nearby road. Examination of the engine after the accident revealed that the #5 cylinder piston connecting rod cap retaining bolt, part #629340 had failed. The connecting rod and cap fractured and ruptured theengine case adjacent to #5 cylinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5980F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058980
- Airframe hours
- 2,965
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clarence Lee Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1983 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Opa Locka, FL
- Destination
- X14 · Labelle
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
- 39
- 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
- 8,000 total · 700 in this make and model · 5,500 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.