Probable cause
The total loss of engine power due to a fatigue failure of the engine mixture control cable.
NTSB analysis
The private pilot reported that, while in cruise flight, a total loss of engine power occurred. After unsuccessful attempts to restart the engine, he landed the airplane gear up in a cornfield, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the engine mixture control cable had fractured about 9 inches from its attachment point at the engine. A metallurgical examination of the mixture control cable with a scanning electron microscope revealed fracture surface features that were consistent with a fatigue failure. It is likely that the engine mixture control cable fractured in flight, which led to a total loss of engine power.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN17LA352 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Sep 13, 2017
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Hallsville, Missouri
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 210G
- N-number
- N5906F
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1967
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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