Cessna T210M N761RP

Summary

On 28 February 1988 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna T210M registered N761RP, operated by Gillen, Billy L., was involved in an incident near Grosebeck, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 February 1988 at 16:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Grosebeck, Texas, United States

Coordinates

31.5191, -96.5309

Aircraft

Cessna T210M

Registration

N761RP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gillen, Billy L.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sinton → Cirsicana

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW88IA078

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 MADE A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING ENGINE FAILURE. TEARDOWN EXAMINATION SHOWED THE NO. 4 EXHAUST VALVE HEAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE STEM. METAL DEBRIS WAS FOUND IN THE OIL SUMP. THE NO. 1 CONNECTING ROD WAS SEPARATED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER LUBRICATION IN THE VICINITY OF THE NO. 1 CONNECTING ROD CRANKSHAFT JOURNAL. THE OIL PUMP WAS INTACT AND AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF LUBRICATING OIL WAS AVAILABLE. BEFORE GOING THROUGH THE PISTON TOP, THE SEPARATED EXHAUST VALVE HEAD MADE NUMEROUS DENTS AND ABRASIONS ON THE PISTON HEAD AND CYLINDER DOME. THE RESULTANT SANDBLASTING EFFECT OBLITERATED THE FRACTURE SURFACES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.