- Date
- May 27, 1991, 13:43 local (20:43 UTC)
- Place
- Klamath Falls, OR
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5375ACessna T-210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910527017369A
- Case key
- 41440
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to failure of the number 5 cylinder rod bearing which resulted from lack of lubrication of the main bearing.
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 acft engine quit in cruise flt and the pilot made a forced landing in a field. The acft impacted irrigation equip during landing roll and nosed over. Exam of the engine revealed evidence of a spun main rod bearing in the no 5 cylinder, overtemp and failure of the bearing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5375A
- Reported as
- Cessna T-210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063400
- Airframe hours
- 1,385
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephan G. Lang
- Registered owner
- Stephan G. Lang
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1990 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- S21 · Sunriver, OR
- Destination
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,067 total · 577 in this make and model · 1,007 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Observed at
- LMT, 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.