- Date
- January 27, 1993, 18:17 local (23:17 UTC)
- Place
- Plantation, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N203CBNorth American T-28A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930127001049A
- Case key
- 33219
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Probable cause
Failure of the master rod main bearing which resulted in loss of engine power and a subsequent forced landing.
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
While climbing through 2,200 feet after takeoff the engine began to vibrate. A short time later a power loss was noted and the pilot declared an emergency, and requested vectors to the departure airport. Altitude could not be maintained with the power available and a forced landing was made on a golf course. Postcrash examination of the engine revealed the master rod main bearing had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N203CB
- Reported as
- North American T-28A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 485
- Engine
- Wright 1820-86A, 1,425 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Byrd, Charles L.
- Registered owner
- Byrd, Charles L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale, 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,272 total · 56 in this make and model · 1,889 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE, 2 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.