Cessna T210L N1741X

Summary

On 5 January 1983 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna T210L registered N1741X was involved in an accident near Horse Cave, Kentucky, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 January 1983 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Horse Cave, Kentucky, United States

Coordinates

37.1695, -85.9102

Aircraft

Cessna T210L

Registration

N1741X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Louisville → Portland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA082

Nobody was injured.

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 HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE, AND AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. HE BEGAN TROUBLESHOOTING AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ROUGHNESS WAS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT; WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED, THE ROUGHNESS INCREASED. HE BELIEVED THE PROPELLER CONTROL HAD NO EFFECT ON THE ROUGHNESS. HE REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE RPM BEGAN TO DROP REGARDLESS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. HE ELECTED TO LAND ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A MOTOR VEHICLE AND AN EMBANKMENT. AFTER LANDING, THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE FOUND IN THE FEATHERED POSITION. AN EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLER SYSTEM REVEALED THE BLADE ACTUATING PIN ON ONE BLADE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BLADE BUTT, AT A PRE-EXISTING CRACK. THE PROPELLER HAD BEEN OVERHAULED ON 1/6/78 AT 932.8 HRS. THE RECOMMEND OVERHAUL PERIOD WAS 1200 HRS OR 5 YRS, WHICHEVER WAS FIRST.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.