ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269168
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| Date: | Thursday 16 November 2000 |
| Time: | 15:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 210K |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N8118G |
| MSN: | 21059418 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4892 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental I0550N7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oxnard, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | CHINO, CA (CNO) |
| SANTA MARIA, CA (SMX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the initial approach descent from cruise altitude, the engine lost power. The pilot richened the fuel mixture, which increased the engine vibrations. The pilot noticed the manifold pressure dropping and reduced the throttle. As power was reapplied, vibrations of a higher magnitude occurred. Los Angeles ARTCC (air route traffic control center) was notified of the emergency and directed the pilot to the nearest airport for landing. After considering the distance to the closest airport, the pilot decided to put the airplane down in a vacant dirt lot. The engine was installed the previous May and the postcrash inspection revealed a broken cam gear. The new engine was a factory remanufactured Continental IO-550. It replaced the original Continental IO-520, and its installation was authorized under a supplemental type certificate (STC).
Probable Cause: Failure of the internal cam gear in the remanufactured engine. A factor was the congested obstacles in the forced landing area.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX01LA043
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Oct-2021 08:02 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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