Cessna 152 N65484

Summary

On 21 September 1984 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N65484 was involved in an accident near Orlando, Florida, 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

21 September 1984 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Orlando, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N65484

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Albany → Orlando

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84LA257

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 FLT EXPERIENCED ENG FAILURE AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THE NUMBER THREE CONNECTING ROD SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT WHEN THE CONNECTING ROD BOLTS FAILED. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BOLTS REVEALED THEY HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO EXTREME HEAT CAUSING SOFTENING OF THE BOLT MATERIAL AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE IN AN OVERSTRESS CONDITION. THE CONNECTING ROD WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE BEEN OVERHEATED IN THE AREA OF THE BEARING BETWEEN THE CONNECTING ROD AND CRANKSHAFT INDICATING FAILURE AND OVERHEATING OF THE BEARING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.