# NTSB NYC84FA178: Cessna 210E, N432MD, Glen Burnie, MD, May 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 20, 1984, 20:13 local (May 21, 1984, 00:13 UTC)
- Place: Glen Burnie, MD
- Coordinates: 39.159763, -76.629684 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1598&lon=-76.6297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35343
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FA178
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35343/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA178

## 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, climb
  - maintenance - improper, company/operator management (contributing factor)
  - lubricating system - foreign object
  - fuel system,cap - improper
  - fuel system,nozzle - blocked(partial)
  - ignition system,magneto - incorrect
  - maintenance,adjustment - improper (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - cooling system - blocked(total) (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine assembly,cylinder - fatigue (cause)
  - engine assembly,cylinder - failure,partial (cause)
  - miscellaneous - overtemperature (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

BEFORE THE FLT, THE PLT WAS OBSERVED PERFORMING MAINTENANCE IN THE ENG COMPARTMENT. HE WAS KNOWN TO DO SOME OF HIS OWN MAINTENANCE WHICH INCLUDED STOPPING AN OIL GASKET LEAK BY USING A SEALER. WHILE CLIMBING AFTER TAKEOFF, HE TURNED BACK TO THE DEPARTURE ARPT, THEN DIVERT TOWARD THE BWI ARPT WITH AN ENG PROBLEM. THE ENG LOST POWER & HE TRIED TO LAND ON A SCHOOL YARD, BUT THE ACFT CRASHED & BURNED BEFORE REACHING IT. AN EXAM REVEALED FATIGUE CRACKS & A HOLE IN THE #4 CYLINDER. POLISHING OF A DISPLACED PIECE OF THE CYLINDER & DEPOSITS IN THE CRACKS SHOWED THAT THEY HAD BEEN THERE FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME. FOAM PADS (TO KEEP BIRDS OUT OF THE ENG COMPARTMENT WHILE PARKED) WERE FOUND IN THE AIR/VENT HOLES OF THE COWLING. AN ENG TEARDOWN REVEALED: #2 FUEL NOZZLE PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED; LEFT MAGNETO IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED; RUBBER MATERIAL RESEMBLING SILICONE SEALER WAS FOUND IN THE OIL SYSTEM, BUT NO OIL SYS BLOCKAGE WAS NOTED. EVIDENCE OF HEAT IN ENG BEARINGS JOURNALS. R FUEL CAP NOT VENTED. PLT'S MED CERT EXPIRED. HIGH TIME ENG. PROP STRIKE, 4/9/83.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N432MD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N432MD-2012-11-21), registration cancelled 2012-11-21, S/N 21058706, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- Registry model: [Cessna 210E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (registry code 2073416) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058706
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William R. Faison
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 27, 1984
- Departed: MTN, BALTIMORE, MD
- Destination: RICHMOND, VA
- Airport: BWI, Baltimore-Washington Intl, runway 28, 9,452 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, expired; seat: left; toxicology performed

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BWI, 3 nm away

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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