Cessna 210M N761VX

Summary

On 28 February 1986 at about 03:53 local time, a Cessna 210M registered N761VX, operated by PDQ Air Service, Inc., was involved in an accident near While Lake Twp., Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 February 1986 at 03:53

Classification

Accident

Location

While Lake Twp., Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.4996, -83.2892

Aircraft

Cessna 210M

Registration

N761VX

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

PDQ Air Service, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Detroit → Pontiac

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI86LA091

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 WAS FOUR MILES FROM THE ARPT ON AN ILS APCH WHEN AN ENG FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED. THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING THE FORCED LANDING ON A FROZEN LAKE. POST ACCIDENT ENG TEARDOWN REVEALED THE ENG FAILURE ORIGINATED FROM MOVEMENT OF THE #2 MAIN BEARING. THIS RESULTED IN A BENDING OVERLOAD OF THE CRANKSHAFT AND EVENTUAL SEPARATION OF THE CRANKSHAFT AT THE #3 CHEEK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.