19990428004169A

Acft took off and turned left, a controller noticed the acft was not climbing and asked the pilot twice if there was a problem, the pilot advised the controller that the acft was not getting enough power to climb and requested to return to the arpt, the acft was cleared to land on rwy 4, and the acft crashed shortly thereafter on the edge of a wooded area, all 4 POB suffered fatal injuries, the acft was destroyed, all other circumstances are unknown. (From .19) on April 28, 1999, about 1323 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 210L, registered to a private individual, collided with trees then the ground while descending over a residential area shortly after takeoff from the Vero Beach Municipal Airport, Vero Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR part 91 personal flight. The airplane was destroyed and the commercial-rated pilot, and three passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated about 5 minutes earlier. The flight departed under the provisions of visual flight rules and according to a preliminary transcript of communications, after takeoff, the controller question ed the pilot if the flight was experiencing any problems. The pilot responded that the engine was not producing "....good power..." And the flight was returning to land. The airplane collided with trees, then the ground and came to rest upright. A postcrash fire was extinguished by fire rescue. Preliminary examination of the wreckage revealed that the throttle control was separated from the throttle control arm in the engine compartment. The engine was transported to another location, placed on a test stand, started, and found to operate normally. (-23)a/c departed Vero Beach, fla at aprox 1323, pwy 29L. After take off pilot experienced loss of power and attempted to return with clearance to land rwy 4. A/c stalled and crashed into housing area, all 4 on board deceased.