Cessna 210B N5021P

Summary

On 17 November 1988 at about 17:54 local time, a Cessna 210B registered N5021P was involved in an accident near Uriah, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 November 1988 at 17:54

Classification

Accident

Location

Uriah, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

31.3000, -87.5007

Aircraft

Cessna 210B

Registration

N5021P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Peachtree City → New Orleans

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL89LA034

1 person had minor injuries.

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

WHILE CRUISING AT 6500 FT, THE ENG LOST POWER & THE PROP STOPPED WINDMILLING. THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND ON A HIGHWAY. DRG THE LANDING, THE RIGHT WING HIT OVERHANGING TREE LIMBS WHICH YAWED THE ACFT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD & DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THE ENG WAS REMOVED & DISASSEMBLED WHICH REVEALED THE CRANKSHAFT HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE AT THE #2 CRANK CHEEK. FATIGUE HAD ORIGINATED AT THE FRONT CORNER OF THE #2 CHEEK LIGHTENING HOLE. THE ENG WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1961. IN 1962, THE MANUFACTURER REDESIGNED THE CRANKSHAFT FOR THIS MODEL OF ENG BY ELIMINATING THE LIGHTENING HOLE. IN MAY 1962, CONTINENTAL SVC BULLETIN (SB) M62-8 ADZD OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THE IMPROVED CRANKSHAFT. THE ENG OF N5021P WAS OVERHAULED ON 7/21/75 AT 1486 HRS. AT THAT TIME, THE CRANKSHAFT WAS REMOVED, MAGNAFLUXED & REINSTALLED. TIME SINCE OVERHAUL WAS 695 HRS. TOTAL ENG TIME WAS 2181 HRS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.