- Date
- January 15, 1985, 21:30 local (Jan 16, 1985, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stuart, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6164NCessna 210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850115061689A
- Case key
- 31224
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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 eng failed in flt & the plt made an emergency landing at night in an open field. The field was on sandy terrain that had been contoured to be an orange grove. While landing on the uneven soft terrain, the acft was damaged. An exam of the eng revealed the #2 piston pin & connecting rod had failed. Fatigue cracks were noted in the fracture area of both parts. There were indications that the piston pin had failed 1st, then the rod failed & penetrated the eng case.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6164N
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061288
- Airframe hours
- 2,292
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Chapman Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,464 total · 306 in this make and model · 1,403 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 34 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.