- Date
- April 25, 1993, 09:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Culebra, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72158Cessna TU206D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930425010449A
- Case key
- 33179
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Probable cause
Fatigue failure of the engine crankshaft that originated from a heat check crack in the journal, adjacent to the #2 main journal forward fillet.
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
During flight at about 2000 feet over water, a partial loss of engine power occurred, followed by a total loss of power. The pilot attempted an engine restart with negative results and ditched at the mouth of a bay in ocean waters. He was fatally injured, but the passenger sustained only minor injuries. The aircraft was recovered, and an examination of the engine revealed the crankshaft had failed from fatigue cracking. Fatigue had initiated at a heat check crack in the journal at a position about 0.2 inch aft of the #2 main journal forward fillet & propagated through the adjacent #4 cheek. There was evidence of galling of the #2 main journal by contact with the associated bearing, which resulted in heat checks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72158
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-1301
- Airframe hours
- 3,719
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Florez, Eusebio
- Registered owner
- Florez, Eusebio
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- TUPJ · Tortola, OF
- Destination
- SIG · Isle Grande, PR
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 324 total · 324 in this make and model · 291 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIST, 16 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.