Cessna T210M N6163N

Summary

On 23 September 1986 at about 00:15 local time, a Cessna T210M registered N6163N, operated by Roederer Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Old Monroe, Missouri, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 September 1986 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Old Monroe, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Sprit of St. Louis

Coordinates

38.9408, -90.7594

Aircraft

Cessna T210M

Registration

N6163N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Roederer Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pittsfield → St. Louis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC86LA193

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 PIC HAD INITIATED HIS DESCENT OT HIS DESTINATION ARPT WHEN HE RPTD EXPERIENCING ENG PBLMS. THE ROUGH RUNNING ENG FINALLY QUIT AND THE PIC MADE A FORCED LNDG TO AN OPEN FLD. THE SUBSEQUENT LNDG ENCOUNTERED A DITCH AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE EXHAUST VALVE OF ONE OF THE CYLINDERS HAD FAILED IN FATIGUE. METALLUGICAL EXAM NOTED THAT IT WAS A LOW STRESS, HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE EXHAUST VALVE STEM NEAR THE VALVE FACE. THE ENG HAD BEEN COMPLETELY OVHLD 60 OPERATIONAL FLT HRS PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE. VALVES UTILIZED DUG OVHL MET MNFGRS SPEC.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.