- Date
- May 27, 1993, 08:14 local (12:14 UTC)
- Place
- Myakka, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8278MCessna 210K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930527015419A
- Case key
- 37361
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Probable cause
The failure of the No. 2 piston connecting rod for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was a forced landing to unsuitable terrain.
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 cruise flight the engine failed and the pilot executed a forced landing to a field. During the landing the nose gear and main gear collapsed. The No. 2 cylinder connecting rod was found failed. Examination of the failed connecting rod did not determine the cause of failure due to excessive damage.
Factual narrative
On May 27, 1993, about 0814 eastern daylight time, N8278M, a Cessna 210K, registered to Sarasota Flyers Inc., crashed near Myakka, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot and the check pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Sarasota, Florida, about 0801 the same day.
The pilot stated that at about 200 feet msl the engine began running rough, smoke was seen in the engine area and the engine failed. A forced landing was executed to a field, and the nose gear and the main landing gear collapsed upon landing. Examination of the engine revealed the No. 2 piston connecting rod had failed. The No. 2 cylinder, piston, and rod were removed from the engine and forwarded to the NTSB laboratory for examination. The laboratory reported the failed connecting rod was damaged to severely to determine the cause of failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8278M
- Reported as
- Cessna 210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 59278
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sarasota Flyers Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sarasota Flyers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1993
- Departed
- SRQ · Sarasota, 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 3 in this make and model · 221 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 17 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.