- Date
- September 21, 1984, 20:10 local (Sep 22, 1984, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Breckenridge, MO
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N761YRCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840921053119A
- Case key
- 33796
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,other - failure,totalCause
Maintenance - improperCause
Forced landing
Hard landing
Nose over
Analysis
On a VFR x-country flt the acft experienced an eng failure and the plt executed a night emergency landing into a soy bean field. Investigation revealed that a counterweight pin came out of the crankshaft counterweight due to a failure of a lock ring resulting in an overload shear of a loose counterweight inside the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761YR
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062629
- Airframe hours
- 1,823
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R1B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North Missouri Surgical
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1984
- Departed
- IRK · Kirksville, MO
- Destination
- MCI · Kansas City, MO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,065 total · 222 in this make and model · 2,850 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.