- Date
- March 25, 1991, 09:01 local (14:01 UTC)
- Place
- Milleville, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6237YCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910325007519A
- Case key
- 36895
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Probable cause
The total loss of engine power caused by mechanical failure, which resulted in the pilot landing the airplane on 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 descent to avoid icing conditions, the pilot stated, 'I felt a surge effect from the engine. The oil pressure gage went to 0 and the mp (manifold pressure) went to 15 17 inches. Fuel pump use and mixture rich did nothing. We steered to a...field...after touchdown...the wheels hit a boggy area, the nose wheel strut broke...we nosed over.' An engine teardown at the factory revealed an exhaust valve from number 5 cylinder had broken off resulting in a connecting rod failure and eventual catastrophic fracture of the engine casing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6237Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064303
- Engine
- Continental T510-520R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John E. Naughton
- Registered owner
- John E. Naughton
- Departed
- ORH · Worchester, MA
- Destination
- DCA · Washington, DC
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 72
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 13,800 total · 850 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 450 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.