Accident Cessna P210N N5237W, Sunday 12 September 1982

You can contribute by submitting additional or updated information.

Date:	Sunday 12 September 1982
Time:	11:10 LT
Type:	Cessna P210N
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N5237W
MSN:	P21000660
Year of manufacture:	1981
Total airframe hrs:	197 hours
Engine model:	Continental TSIO-52O-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Gage, NM - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Tuscon, AZ (C )
Destination airport:	Roswell, NM (C )
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
WHILE ON A VFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM TUCSON, AZ TO ROSWELL, NM, THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE DESERT. THE ENGINE TEARDOWN REVEALED THAT THE OIL PASSAGE WHICH FEEDS THE NUMBER 2 AND 3 MAIN BEARING JOURNALS HAD NOT BEEN DRILLED PROPERLY.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation: