Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Detriot Lakes Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota 56501
Sunday, September 11, 1988 7:30 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DURING THE INITIAL CLIMBOUT, AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 200' AGL, THE POWERPLANT FAILED COMPLETELY. THE PILOT EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING IN AN PLOWED FIELD, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT. POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT 'THE NO. 1 PISTON HAD BROKEN UP THEN WAS NEARLY PULVERIZED BY INTERNAL IMPACTS.' THE REMAINING PISTONS WERE INTACT. DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION REVEALED FRACTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASTING SPLIT LINE IN THE NO. 2 PISTON 'IDENTICAL TO THE FRACTURE LOCATION OF NO. 1 PISTON.'
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/11/1988 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 730 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | DETROIT LAKES |
| Event State | MINNESOTA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 56501 |
| Event Date Year | 1988 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | DETRIOT LAKES |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | DTL |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 751 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 290 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | FAR |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 900 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 39 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 25000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 5000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 13 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 120 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 12 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 17 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1660 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Sep 11 1988 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 830 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 37832 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 12:08PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N2616R |
| NTSB Number | CHI88LA235 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 182K |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 182K |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 8258316 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2800 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jan 1 1988 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 20 |
| Airframe Hours | 3012 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BENSON, ROBERT C |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 10331 NORWICH AVE. |
| Aircraft Owner City | CUPERTINO |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 95014 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | BENSON, ROBERT C. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 10331 NORWICH AVENUE |
| Operator City | CUPERTINO |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 95014 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | DTL |
| Departure City | DETROIT LAKES |
| Departure State | MN |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 729 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | HIB |
| Destination City | HIBBING |
| Destination State | MN |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 13 |
| Runway Length | 4500 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |