# NTSB SEA85LA042: Cessna T210M, N6475B, Troutdale, OR, January 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 16, 1985, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Troutdale, OR
- Coordinates: 45.520259, -122.349594 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5203&lon=-122.3496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40104
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40104/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA042

## 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, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
  - lubricating system,oil line - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Undershoot, landing
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF PLT FELT A 'TICK' IN THE ENGINE. PLT REDUCED PWR AND HEADED BACK TO TROUTDALE. ENGINE QUIT OVER THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 07 AS PLT WAS MAKING A 360 DEG TURN. ACFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF RWY 07 CONTACTING SMALL BUSHES AND TREES. INSPECTION REVEALED THE EXTERNAL OIL LINE FROM THE ENGINE OIL SCAVENGE PUMP AND TURBO SUPERCHARGER FRACTRUED ALLOWING A LOSS OF ALL BUT 1 1/2 QTS OIL WHICH RESULTED IN A CRANKSHAFT SEIZURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6475B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 62772
- Airframe hours: 1209
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Sports Aair
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 1, 1985, 31 hours before
- Departed: TTD, TROUTDALE, OR
- Destination: MFR, MEDFORD, OR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: TTD, Troutdale, runway 7, 4,640 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; airline transport, commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,049 total, 108 in this make and model, 2,541 as pilot in command, 228 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 20 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TTD, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850116001289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850116001289A), Jan 16, 1985: Cessna T210M, Troutdale, OR, Substantial damage. Oil line from scavenge pump and turbo supercharger fractured, oil loss, engine failed. Emergency landing in field.

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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