ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216770
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| Date: | Saturday 27 October 2018 |
| Time: | 09:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T210G Turbo Centurion |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6834R |
| MSN: | T210-0234 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8745 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-C(2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Santa Paula Airport (KSZP), Santa Paula, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Santa Paula, CA (KSZP) |
| Bakersfield, CA (L45) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that, after a normal departure, he climbed the airplane to a cruise altitude about 4,000 ft mean sea level (msl) and configured it for cruise flight. Thereafter, the engine experienced a sudden total loss of power. Despite his attempts to troubleshoot the failure, he could not restart the engine and performed a forced landing in a dry riverbed. After touchdown, the nose landing gear impacted a rock and collapsed, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted.
Examination revealed a cloth towel blocking the turbocharger inlet tube that had become entangled with the turbocharger compressor wheel. The towel likely blocked the inlet air from reaching the cylinders, which resulted in a loss of engine power. The pilot stated that during the last oil change, about 34 flight hours before the accident, he removed the airbox and placed a towel in the inlet scat tubing (not disconnected) in an effort to protect the turbocharger from foreign object damage.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power as a result of the pilot's failure to remove a towel from the engine's air induction following maintenance.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR19LA016
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6834R
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2018 22:29 | Geno | Added |
| 27-Oct-2018 22:37 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source] |
| 02-Jul-2022 17:33 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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