Cessna 210 N7369E

Summary

On 30 May 1983 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 210 registered N7369E was involved in an accident near Winslow, Arizona, 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

30 May 1983 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Winslow, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

35.1009, -110.6407

Aircraft

Cessna 210

Registration

N7369E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Springerville → Lake Havasu

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA254

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

WHILE EN ROUTE AT 10,000 FT MSL, THE #3 CYLINDER, PISTON & ROD SEPARATED FROM THE ENG & DEPARTED THRU THE COWLING. THE PLT SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE OIL LEFT THE ENG RAPIDLY, HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN PARTIAL POWER FOR APRX 12 MINS. DURING THAT TIME, HE WAS ABLE TO FIND A SEMI-CIRCLED AREA FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. DURING THE LANDING, THE NOSE & LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE ACFT HIT A STUMP & A LOG. THE PISTON, ROD & CYLINDER WERE NOT RECOVERED, THUS THE CYCLE OF EVENTS THAT LED TO THE FAILURE WAS NOT VERIFIED. IT WAS NOTED THAT ONE OF THE ROD END CAP BOLTS WAS STILL IN THE CAP, BUT ITS ASSOCIATED NUT WAS MISSING. THE OTHER BOLT HAD FAILED FROM TENSILE OVERLOAD. THE ENG HAD ACCUMULATED 1107 HRS SINCE A MAJOR OVERHAUL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.