ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287471
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| Date: | Friday 17 August 2012 |
| Time: | 13:25 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T210N |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N6493N |
| MSN: | 21063067 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3950 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bakersfield, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bakersfield-Meadows Field, CA (BFL/KBFL) |
| Redlands Municipal Airport, CA (KREI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Following departure, the pilot banked the airplane to align with the right crosswind of the traffic pattern. He observed smoke entering the cockpit, and the engine began to produce only partial power. The pilot chose to return to the airport, but, due to the power loss, the airplane was unable to reach the runway. The pilot landed the airplane in a field outside the airport's perimeter. The exhaust clamp was found fractured. An area of the fracture appeared flat with granular features, but no clear evidence of preexisting cracks or progressive crack growth was observed. Circumferential cracks were noted in the retainer segments. Although these cracks may have been preexisting, they were not long enough to allow separation of the joint before the band fracture. The exhaust clamp likely fractured due to overstress loading of the joint during the landing. The cause of the in-flight fire could not be determined from the remaining evidence.
Probable Cause: A partial loss of engine power during the initial climb due to an in-flight fire of undetermined origin.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR12LA414
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 11:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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