ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382159
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 April 1983 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M20K |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N231KV |
| MSN: | 25-0291 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 597 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360-GB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Trenton, NE -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Hastings, NE (KHSI) |
| Grand Junction, CO | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 11500 TO 12000 FT MSL WHEN THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD NOISE FOLLOWED BY A LURCH. THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A ROUGHNESS. THE PLT SAID HE SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AT THIS TIME, THE PLT ADVISED DENVER ARTCC OF HIS EMERGENCY AND ASKED FOR LOCATIONS OF AIRPORTS IN THE VICINITY. THE CONTROLLER RESPONDED THAT THE TRENTON, NE ARPT WAS ABOUT 15 MILES BEHIND HIM. THE ACFT WAS TURNED TO A HEADING OF 80 DEGREES WHICH LATER WAS CHANGED TO 55 DEGREES. 5 MILES WEST OF TRENTON THE PLT RESPORTED THAT HE HAD THE RWY IN SIGHT. THE ACFT WAS LANDED GEAR DOWN ABOUT 1/2 MILE SHORT OF RWY 14. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE AFTER THE ACCIDENT SHOWED THE CRANKSHAFT CLUSTER GEAR P/N 630690 WAS MISSING ABOUT 1/2 OF ITS TEETH THAT MESH WITH THE CAM SHAFT DRIVE GEAR. THE FAILURE WAS FOUND TO HAVE STARTED AS A FATIGUE TYPE FRACTURE IN ONE OF THE GEAR TEETH.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC83LA092
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 March 2007 | N231KZ | Private | 0 | Marysville, California | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 10:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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