Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Jesup-Wayne County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Jesup, Georgia 31546
Thursday, March 9, 2006 17:30 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot departed the Malcolm Mc Kinnon Airport (SSI), on an instrument cross-country flight to Peachtree DeKalb Airport. He leveled off at 6,000 feet, and noticed that the engine analyzer No. 2 cylinder light began to flicker, and shortly thereafter the low voltage light illuminated. The pilot contacted air traffic control personnel (ATC), and requested to return to SSI. After the request was made to return to SSI, the engine began to shake violently while making a loud "banging" noise and the propeller stopped. The pilot informed ATC of the emergency, and requested to divert to the nearest airport. ATC diverted the pilot to the Jesup-Wayne County Airport (JES). The pilot stated that he was unable to maintain altitude and crashed into a stand of trees 2 miles southeast of JES. The crankshaft was removed from the engine and sent to the National Transportation Safety Board, Office of Research and Engineering Materials Laboratory Division for further examination. Examination disclosed that the crankshaft was broken due to fatigue through the crank cheek between the No. 1 and No. 2 connecting rod journals. Review of the airplane logbooks revealed that on November 20, 1989, a gear up landing occurred. The propeller was removed and the crankshaft was run-out and found to be .0006 out of round. According to the Service Bulletin M84-16, which was in place at the time of the mishap, if any damage greater than "minor dressing of the propeller tips to correct the problem" occurs, a complete teardown must be performed. A teardown was not performed, and a serviceable propeller was reinstalled and the airplane returned to service. The logbooks revealed there were approximately 750 flight hours on the crankshaft before it failed.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The loss of engine power due to the fatigue failure of the crankshaft, which resulted in a forced landing, and an in-flight collision with trees. A factor associated with the accident was the failure of other maintenance personnel to comply with the engine manufacturer's service bulletin following a previous mishap.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/9/2006 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1730 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | Jesup |
| Event State | GEORGIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 31546 |
| Event Date Year | 2006 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 313308N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0815234W |
| Event Location Airport | JESUP-WAYNE COUNTY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | JES |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 2 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 108 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1653 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 190 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KSSI |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 19 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 32 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 13 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 150 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 11 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.96 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 21309 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Communication Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 9 2006 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 25 2007 2:54PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\lema |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Atlanta FSDO-09 |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N6540X |
| NTSB Number | ATL06LA050 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | 210 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 57540 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2900 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| 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 | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jun 1 2005 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 100 |
| Airframe Hours | 4156 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CVL Enterprises LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 1209 Orange Street |
| Aircraft Owner City | Wilmington |
| Aircraft Owner State | DE |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 19801 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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 | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SSI |
| Departure City | BRUNSWICK |
| Departure State | GA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1659 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | PDK |
| Destination City | ATLANTA |
| Destination State | GA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 28 2007 2:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | KENJ |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | NA |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |