- Date
- July 30, 1986, 09:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Hopewell, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9620XCessna 210B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860730036659A
- Case key
- 31680
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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
Flight experienced complete engine failure when crankshaft failed due to fatigue cracking of the crankshaft cheek between the number 1 and 2 rodbearing journal. During the subsequent forced landing the aircraft collided with trees due to the pilot not wanting to land on a dirt road due to an unsafe indication on the nose landing gear. Examination of the engines records revealed the engine had sustained sudden stoppage in mud 25 flight hours before the crankshaft failure. The engine was not disassembled and inspected at that time as required by the engine manufacturer. Additionally it was learned the engine had 1788 total flight hours since factory overhaul. The manufacturer recommends that the engine be overhauled each 1600 flight hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9620X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21057920
- Airframe hours
- 2,832
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred C. Erickson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1986 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 1X6 · Brandon, FL
- Destination
- HUF · Terre Haute, IN
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 53 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.