GEORGETOWN, SC, USA
N732HG
CESSNA T210L
WHILE THE CRUISE FLIGHT AT 9500 FEET THE ENGINE SEIZED. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE TO A DIVIDED HIGHWAY. TRAFFIC FORCED A LANDING IN THE MEDIAN WHERE THE WING HIT A SIGN & VEERED THE A/C INTO A DITCH. THE ENGINE HAD 121 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE REAR CRANKCASE THRU BOLTS WERE FINGER TIGHT. THE REAR MAIN BEARING HAD SPUN, THE NUMBER 1 ROD CAP SEPARATED, AND THE CRANKSHAFT HAD FRACTURED THROUGH THE COUNTERWEIGHT CHEEK.
THE FAILURE OF OVERHAUL PERSONNEL TO PROPERLY TORQUE THE ENGINE CASE REAR THRU BOLTS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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