- Date
- May 2, 1987, 17:21 local (22:21 UTC)
- Place
- Apalachicola, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4612CCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870502078829A
- Case key
- 31908
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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 plt stated that he departed panama city en route to tampa, FL, when the manifold pressure and oil pressure started to drop. He then turned towards Apalachicola to try to make it to the airport but was unable and made a forced landing in a swampy area aprx 2 miles from the arpt. Post crash examination of the eng revealed that the #4 main bearing turned on the journal causing oil starvation to the connecting rods.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4612C
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063574
- Airframe hours
- 2,128
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tampa Airways
- Registered owner
- Topp Of Tampa Airport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1986
- Departed
- PFN · Panama City, FL
- Destination
- X39 · Tampa, FL
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,467 total · 27 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PFN, 50 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.
Other investigations on N4612C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.