Cessna 210E N432MD

Summary

On 21 May 1984 at about 00:13 local time, a Cessna 210E registered N432MD was involved in an accident near Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 May 1984 at 00:13

Classification

Accident

Location

Glen Burnie, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Baltimore-Washington Intl (BWI)

Coordinates

39.1598, -76.6297

Aircraft

Cessna 210E

Registration

N432MD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Baltimore → Richmond

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84FA178

1 person died.

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

BEFORE THE FLT, THE PLT WAS OBSERVED PERFORMING MAINTENANCE IN THE ENG COMPARTMENT. HE WAS KNOWN TO DO SOME OF HIS OWN MAINTENANCE WHICH INCLUDED STOPPING AN OIL GASKET LEAK BY USING A SEALER. WHILE CLIMBING AFTER TAKEOFF, HE TURNED BACK TO THE DEPARTURE ARPT, THEN DIVERT TOWARD THE BWI ARPT WITH AN ENG PROBLEM. THE ENG LOST POWER & HE TRIED TO LAND ON A SCHOOL YARD, BUT THE ACFT CRASHED & BURNED BEFORE REACHING IT. AN EXAM REVEALED FATIGUE CRACKS & A HOLE IN THE #4 CYLINDER. POLISHING OF A DISPLACED PIECE OF THE CYLINDER & DEPOSITS IN THE CRACKS SHOWED THAT THEY HAD BEEN THERE FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME. FOAM PADS (TO KEEP BIRDS OUT OF THE ENG COMPARTMENT WHILE PARKED) WERE FOUND IN THE AIR/VENT HOLES OF THE COWLING. AN ENG TEARDOWN REVEALED: #2 FUEL NOZZLE PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED; LEFT MAGNETO IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED; RUBBER MATERIAL RESEMBLING SILICONE SEALER WAS FOUND IN THE OIL SYSTEM, BUT NO OIL SYS BLOCKAGE WAS NOTED. EVIDENCE OF HEAT IN ENG BEARINGS JOURNALS. R FUEL CAP NOT VENTED. PLT'S MED CERT EXPIRED. HIGH TIME ENG. PROP STRIKE, 4/9/83.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.