- Date
- September 18, 1986, 22:30 local (Sep 19, 1986, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pasco, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6185WCessna P-210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860918045419A
- Case key
- 40503
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 in cruise at 14,000 feet MSL, a catastrophic engine failure with a flash fire at the turbocharger occurred. A turn to reverse direction for a forced landing was initiated while making a rapid descent. An undershoot to the runway occurred with the landing gear catching on a wire fence. The nose gear and left main gear separated from the acft when it struck the fence. The acft then traveled a short distance before striking the ground in a flat attitude. The number three piston, connecting rod, and cap had separated in flight. A top overhaul had been performed on the engine 11 months (163 flight hours) prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6185W
- Reported as
- Cessna P-210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P210000726
- Airframe hours
- 831
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Ford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1986 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- ALW · Walla Walla, WA
- Destination
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PSC · Tri-Cities, runway 12, 7,700 × 150 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,965 total · 510 in this make and model · 1,875 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.