NEAR ASOTIN, WA, USA
N51599
MAULE M-5-220C
WHILE FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF THE SNAKE RIVER, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. EMERGENCY LANDING AREAS WERE LIMITED. THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND ON A ROAD NEAR THE RIVER. WHILE IN A RIGHT TURN TO LINE UP WITH THE ROAD, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SINGLE POWER LINE, THEN CRASHED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TE #5 PISTON PIN, PN 17658, HAD FAILED. THE AFT PISTON PIN BOSS HAD FAILED, WHICH PERMITTED THE FREE END OF THE CONNECTING ROD TO DAMAGE THE #5 CYLINDER AND THE CRANKCASE IN THE VICINITY OF THE #5 AND #6 CRANKSHAFT THROWS. TOTAL FLT TIME OF THE ENGINE WAS 699.5 HRS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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