- Date
- March 1, 1988, 19:15 local (Mar 2, 1988, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Burns, OR
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5427ACessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880301003949A
- Case key
- 40717
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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
The aircraft engine quit during cruise flt on a bright moonlit night cross country flt at 8000 ft AGL, 28 NM west of Burns, OR. The pilot reversed course in an emergency descent and followed a straight 50 ft wide hwy toward Burns. At approx 500 ft. AGL the pilot observed the road winding into low hills and decided to reverse course again to land on the road to the west. He was unable to line up with the road due to low level maneuvering to avoid hills. The aircraft impacted soft desert terrain 100 ft. from the road and nosed over. Lab exam of the engine crankshaft revealed a surface origin high cycle fatigue fracture. The crankshaft did not have AD 87-23-08 complied with.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5427A
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063431
- Airframe hours
- 700
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Phillip Dieter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- BYI · Burley, ID
- Destination
- EUG · Eugene, OR
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,284 total · 468 in this make and model · 1,228 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM, 90 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.