ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365299
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Date: | Friday 17 May 1991 |
Time: | 15:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 210L |
Owner/operator: | Miami Flying Club |
Registration: | N29163 |
MSN: | 21059825 |
Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Marked Tree, AR -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Hugo, OK (304) |
Destination airport: | Piqua, OH (I17) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER (MECHANICAL FAILURE) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING TO A NEARBY AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON MUDDY TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT A HOLE WAS BURNED IN A PISTON HEAD FROM DETONATION. A CONNECTING ROD SEPARATED AND PENETRATED THE ENGINE CASE.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE PISTON AND CONNECTING ROD. A FACTOR WAS THE WET LANDING AREA.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW91LA082 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW91LA082
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