Cessna 210L accident near Farmington, MO
On April 24, 2001, a Cessna 210L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Farmington, MO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 24, 2001
- Place
- Farmington, MO
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 37.779°N, 90.420°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010501X00844
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 24, 2001, at 1345 central daylight time, a Cessna 210L, N5060V, owned and piloted by a commercial pilot, was destroyed during an in-flight collision with the terrain near Farmington, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal cross-country flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and his single passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed Gallatin, Tennessee, at exact time unknown, and was en route to Potosi, Missouri, at the time of the accident. The airport manager for the Farmington Regional Airport (FAM) reported that he heard a distress call on the Unicom frequency and when he responded to the call he heard the sound of an engine surging. The airport manager stated that when he looked to the northeast he saw an airplane that appeared to be on a left base-leg for runway 20. The airport manager reported that the airplane suddenly banked 90 degrees to the right and then went straight down. A certified flight instructor (CFI) was flying near the Perryville Municipal Airport (K02), Perryville, Missouri, when he overheard a distress call on the Unicom frequency. The CFI reported, "Pilot requested Farmington Unicom to clear air traffic from the traffic pattern at Farmington, so that he could make a straight in approach to land. At that time, pilot also stated that he had an oil slick on his windshield. Within 5 minutes, I heard the pilot say 'this has now become an emergency.' The latter transmission was the last I heard from the pilot." Th
Probable cause
The fracture of the crankshaft due to fatigue, the propeller separating from the airplane while in-flight, which resulted in the propeller striking the empennage structure and flight controls, yielding the airplane uncontrollable. Contributing factors to the accident were the previous damage to the crankshaft, the company/operator management disregarding the engine manufacture's service bulletin m
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
