Cessna T210N N5433A

Summary

On 5 August 1982 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N5433A, operated by James T. Goodwin, JR., was involved in an accident near Near Laramie, Wyoming, United States. 4 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 August 1982 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N5433A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James T. Goodwin, JR.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rawlins → Denver

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82FTC08

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON A PREVIOUS FLIGHT, HE HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM, IN WHICH, HE WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN MORE THAN 27 TO 28 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. HE HAD THE ENGINE CHECKED, NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE, AND ON TAKEOFF, IT WOULD REACH THE RED LINE. THE TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL AND A CLIMB WAS MADE TO 10,500 FT. ABOUT 35 MI FROM LARAMIE, WY, THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DECREASED TO 17 TO 18 INCHES. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ALONG A PIPE LINE. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT HIT A DITCH, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AND THE PLANE FLIPPED OVER. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BOSSES FOR THE #6 EXHAUST VALVE ROCKER ARM HAD FAILED, THE #6 INTAKE VALVE PUSH ROD HAD BROKEN AND ITS ROD TUBE WAS KNOCKED OUT OF ALIGNMENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.