Cessna 210L N59123

Summary

On 8 April 1983 at about 04:50 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N59123 was involved in an accident near Avon, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 April 1983 at 04:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Avon, Connecticut, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 210L

Registration

N59123

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Philadelphia → Teterboro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC83FA086

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND BROKE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ELECTRICAL FAILURE. AFTER THE FAILURE, USING MATCHES AND A FLASHLIGHT, THE PLT TRIED TO LAND BUT COULD NOT FIND THE ARPT. THE WEATHER WAS DETERIORATING SO WHEN A FIELD THAT SEEMED SUITABLE FOR LANDING APPEARED THE CREW DECIDED TO LAND. THE ACFT HAD ONLY BEENOPERATED ABOUT 22 HOURS SINCE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD BEEN REPAIRED AFTER A CHARGING PROBLEM WAS REPORTED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE ALTERNATOR AND REGULATOR WERE TESTED AND FOUND DEFECTIVE. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ALTERNATOR SHOWED THAT BOTH BRUSH SLIP RINGS WERE GOUGED AND GROOVED. ONE OF THE TWO WIRES ATTACHED TO THE SLIP RING TERMINAL WAS NOT SOLDERED AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THIS WIRE WAS LOSELY BENT AROUND THE TERMINAL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.