# NTSB MIA83LA083: Cessna 210H, N5980F, Near Labelle, FL, February 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 24, 1983, 21:30 local (Feb 25, 1983, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Near Labelle, FL
- Coordinates: 26.640224, -81.339767 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6402&lon=-81.3398&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30850
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30850/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA083

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, descent - normal
  - engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,total (cause)
  - engine assembly,crankcase - penetrated (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5980F-2014-10-29), registration cancelled 2014-10-29, S/N 21058980, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Registry model: [Cessna 210H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210h) (registry code 2073436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058980
- Airframe hours: 2965
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830224005469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830224005469A), Feb 24, 1983: Cessna 210H, La Belle, FL, Destroyed. Crash occurred during emergency landing on road after engine failure.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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