Cessna T210N N6108Y

Summary

On 27 October 2004 at about 14:48 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N6108Y was involved in an accident near Raymond, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 October 2004 at 14:48

Classification

Accident

Location

Raymond, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

32.2908, -90.3986

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N6108Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jackson → Houston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA05LA016

1 person had minor injuries.

The total loss of engine power which was initiated by fretting of the crankcase halves for undetermined reasons, causing rotation of several of the main bearings, oil starvation, and subsequent failure of several of the connecting rods. A contributing factor was the rough terrain.

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

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After takeoff the flight climbed to 6,000 feet and as soon as the pilot leveled off, he heard a "loud bang" and felt the airframe shaking. The cockpit then filled with smoke, and he requested a vector to the nearest airport. He attempted to keep the engine running but was unsuccessful. The flight descended and broke out of the clouds at 200 feet above ground level where he slowed the airplane to less than the best glide airspeed to clear power lines. The airplane landed "rather hard" in a field against furrows, nosed over, then burst into flames. He exited the airplane from the pilot's window. Examination of the engine revealed fretting at the main bearing support faying surfaces, with resulting shifting of the No. 2 main bearing. Lubrication distress was noted at all main bearing and connecting rod journals, and for Nos. 3-6 connecting rod bearings. The Nos. 1 and 2 connecting rods were fractured while one of the connecting rod bolts for the No.3 cylinder was fractured with necking present. The engine was last overhauled on October 1, 2002, and installed in the accident airplane on October 28, 2002; the engine had accumulated 1,297 hours since being overhauled at the time of the failure and there was no record that any cylinders had been removed and/or replaced since the engine was overhauled.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.