Cessna P210N accident near Honesdale, PA
On June 11, 2001, a Cessna P210N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Honesdale, PA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 11, 2001
- Place
- Honesdale, PA
- Aircraft
- Cessna P210N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.570°N, 75.251°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010620X01225
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 11, 2001, about 1010 eastern daylight time, a turbine-powered Cessna P210N, N450M, was destroyed during a forced landing near Honesdale, Pennsylvania. The two certificated private pilots and the passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed for the local flight, which originated at Seamans Field (9N3), Factoryville, Pennsylvania. The sales demonstration flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane was being brokered by O & N Aircraft Modifications, Inc., which was located at Seamans Field. In 1992, under a Supplemental Type Certificate, O & N installed an Allison (Rolls-Royce Corporation) 250-B17F2 engine in the airplane as part of a Silver Eagle conversion, then subsequently sold the converted airplane to the current owner. According to the president of O & N, the current owner, who operated the airplane as a Delaware-based corporation, had recently lost his medical certificate, and requested that O & N handle the airplane's resale. About a week prior to the accident, the airplane arrived from Delaware. An O & N pilot flew with the ferry crew back to Delaware, then returned to O & N with the airplane. The O & N pilot wrote up some maintenance discrepancies, including an engine vibration at high power rpm. However, at the time, none of the discrepancies appeared noteworthy, and the airplane's owner had not commented on the airplane having any engine difficulties. The airplane had not flown since its arrival. The sales demonstration pilot, who worked u
Probable cause
An improperly manufactured torquemeter gearshaft assembly, which resulted in gearshaft assembly failure, an N2 overspeed, and a subsequent uncontained engine failure.
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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.
