# Accident 20100819042049A: Meyers Indu 200C, Justin, TX, August 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Justin, TX
- Airport: Propwash
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0750° N, 97.3553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0750&lon=-97.3553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N189M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N189M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Meyers Industries 200C (registry code 5650308, https://openairdocs.org/model/meyers-industries-200c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MEYERS INDU 200C
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL IO-520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,008 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA489](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA489) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100819042049A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON APPROACH, PILOT STATED HE THROTTLED BACK TO IDLE TO LOSE ALTITUDE, ATTEMPTED TO THROTTLE UP AND ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND, SWITCHED TANKS, PLACED BOOST PUMP ON, TRIED STARTER, NO START. ATTEMPTED TO HAND PUMP THE GEAR DOWN, HAD N/L/G AND RT M/L/G GREEN, LEFT WAS NOT DOWN. ON IMPACT, N/L/G HIT SMALL HOLE IN THE PASTURE AND N/L/G SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT, LT M/L/G COLLAPSED. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ALL THREE GEAR, BENT PROPEELER, SUDDEN STOPPAGE, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BELLY SKIN, N/L/G DOOR, LT WING TIP AND LEADING EDGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN10LA489](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA489), Aug 19, 2010: Meyers Industries 200C (N189M), Justin, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's improper fuel management.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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