# NTSB MIA90FA074: Cessna 210-M, N525CW, Sarasota, FL, February 26, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1990, 17:01 local (22:01 UTC)
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32548
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA90FA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32548/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA074

## Probable cause

THE TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER CAUSED BY CRANKSHAFT FAILURE, DUE TO FATIGUE CRACKING OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN.

## 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, takeoff - initial climb
  - engine assembly,crankshaft - fatigue (cause)
  - engine assembly,crankshaft - failure,total
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Analysis

THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS ON INITIAL CLIMB AT 200 FEET AGL FROM THE SARASOTA-BRADENTON AIRPORT, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, WHEN THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT WAS ON A NON SCHEDULED AIR TAXI FLIGHT IN VFR CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT, AND FORCED LANDING BACK TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. ON LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED AN ON GROUND COLLISION WITH A DIRT BANK AND WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. EXAMINATION OF THE CRANKSHAFT BY THE NTSB MATERIALS LABORATORY REVEALED THE CRANKSHAFT FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE CRACKING OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N525CW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525CW-1992-04-06), registration cancelled 1992-04-06, S/N 21062438 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-M
- Registry model: [Cessna 210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (registry code 2073450) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062438
- Airframe hours: 1872
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520L3 275 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Flight Express
- Registered owner: Flight Express Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 7, 1989, 202 hours before
- Destination: OPF, OPA LOCKA, FL
- Airport: runway 4, 5,004 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 10,119 total, 5,276 in this make and model, 10,046 as pilot in command, 232 in the last 90 days, 74 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SRQ

## 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 19900226002909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900226002909A), Feb 26, 1990: Cessna 210M, Sarasota-Brand, FL, Destroyed. Engine threw connecting rod on takeoff. Crash landed on airport. Hit ditch flipped over. Crankshaft had fractured.

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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