Cessna T210N N9528Y

Summary

On 11 November 2000 at about 22:40 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N9528Y was involved in an accident near Kankakee, Illinois, United States. 6 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 November 2000 at 22:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Kankakee, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

41.1101, -87.8602

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N9528Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rockford → Indianapolis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI01LA037

1 person was seriously injured.

The unsuitable terrain encountered by the pilot during the emergency landing. Factors to the accident were the loss of engine power due to the failure of the crankshaft, the pilot misjudging the descent glide path, and the presence of the highway embankment during the landing roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While in cruise flight the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power and executed a forced landing on an agricultural field. During landing rollout the aircraft impacted a highway embankment. The engine was subjected to a teardown inspection and the number two bearing was found fragmented in the oil sump. The number two main bearing saddle was deformed on both crankshaft halves. The crankshaft was fractured at the number three cheek, aft radius of the number two main bearing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.