- Date
- May 11, 1991, 17:27 local (21:27 UTC)
- Place
- Lumberton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N732BUCessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910511015379A
- Case key
- 36922
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and the resultant inadvertent stall. A factor in the accident was the loose oil filter.
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 cruising at 3500 feet, the pilot experienced a heavy vibration in the engine and was vectored to a nearby airport. He was high as he turned onto final approach. He retracted the wing flaps and the landing gear, and added power to try for a nearby field. The engine failed to respond and he landed hard next to the runway. Witness reported the airplane appeared to stall from a height of 40 to 50 feet. Post-crash examination revealed the oil screen had been replaced with an oil filter adapter which had come loose and the engine oil escaped through the opening. The $4 connecting rod failed due to oil starvation and penetrated the engine case. The threads on the oil filter adapter were worn as were the mating threads on the oil pump housing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732BU
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061394
- Airframe hours
- 3,574
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Johnston
- Registered owner
- Richard Johnston
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1991 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- CRE · Myrtle Beach, NC
- Destination
- N52 · Somerset, NJ
- Airport
- N14 · Flying W, runway 19, 3,496 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 983 total · 448 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.