- Date
- October 12, 1986, 20:45 local (Oct 13, 1986, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Van Buren, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5255RCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861012048589A
- Case key
- 30448
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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.
Analysis
While climbing from 1000 ft. the pilot of a C-172 expericed an engine failure at 1500 ft and made an emergency landing striking small trees and brush. Subsequent inspection of the engine revealed that the crankshaft dowel pin was sheared and the crankshaft gear bolt and lock plate were missing and had probably not been installed at last overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5255R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263469
- Airframe hours
- 2,772
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry Drake, doing business as Jerry'S Flying Service,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Pulmonary Support Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 28, 1986 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- CAR · Caribou, ME
- Destination
- CAR · Caribou, ME
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 14 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 23,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAR, 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.