Cessna T210 N6834R
27 October 2018 · FiIlmore, California, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 27 October 2018 at about 17:45 local time, a Cessna T210 registered N6834R was involved in an accident near FiIlmore, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 17:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- FiIlmore, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Santa Paula (SZP)
- Coordinates
- 34.3742, -118.9619
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210
- Registration
- N6834R
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1966
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Santa Paula → Bakersfield
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR19LA016
People
2 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Probable cause
A total loss of engine power as a result of the pilot’s failure to remove a towel from the engine’s air induction following maintenance.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that, after a normal departure, he climbed the airplane to a cruise altitude about 4,000 ft mean sea level (msl) and configured it for cruise flight. Thereafter, the engine experienced a sudden total loss of power. Despite his attempts to troubleshoot the failure, he could not restart the engine and performed a forced landing in a dry riverbed. After touchdown, the nose landing gear impacted a rock and collapsed, and the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. Examination revealed a cloth towel blocking the turbocharger inlet tube that had become entangled with the turbocharger compressor wheel. The towel likely blocked the inlet air from reaching the cylinders, which resulted in a loss of engine power. The pilot stated that during the last oil change, about 34 flight hours before the accident, he removed the airbox and placed a towel in the inlet scat tubing (not disconnected) in an effort to protect the turbocharger from foreign object damage.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna T210 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jun 2018 | Cessna T210 | Clovis, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 2018 | Cessna T210 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 2018 | Cessna T210 | San Luis Obispo, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jun 2018 | Cessna T210 | Pocahontas, Arkansas, United States | ALC Aviation Services LLC | No injuries | - |
| 30 Sep 2018 | Cessna T210 | Silver City, Idaho, United States | T And C Aircraft Corporation | Fatal | 3 |
| 18 Aug 2018 | Cessna T210 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr 2018 | Hawley Richard A1B | Lincoln, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 2018 | Cassutt IIIM | Rosamond, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 May 2018 | Cessna 182D | Crescent Mills, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Aug 2018 | Champion 7KCAB | Descanso, California, United States | Three Point Partners Inc | Fatal | 2 |
| 30 Jan 2018 | Robinson R44 | Newport Beach, California, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Dec 2018 | Piper PA28 | Chino, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |