GLADE PARK, CO, USA
N3886P
CESSNA P210N
THE ACFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE PILOT SAID HE LOST MANIFOLD AND OILPRESSURE AND TURNED BACK TOWARD GRAND JUNCTION WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING LOUD NOISES. A LANDING WAS MADE ON A SLIPPERY ROAD AND THE ACFT SKIDDED AND COLLAPSED THE GEAR. TELEDYNE-CONTINENTAL DECIDED THAT A THRUST WASHER HALF HAD BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE ENGINE DURING MANUFACTURE. THIS ALLOWED EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE CRANKSHAFT WHICH SIDE-LOADED AND FAILED #2 CONNECTING ROD AND DAMAGED #1 ROD.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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