# NTSB ANC90LA132: Cessna C-T210, N6016N, Sleeper Bay, AK, August 6, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1990, 16:45 local (Aug 6, 1990, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Sleeper Bay, AK
- Coordinates: 70.10099, -149.87088 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.1010&lon=-149.8709&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5418
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC90LA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5418/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA132

## Probable cause

IMPROPER FUEL TANK SELECTION.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT AT 600 FEET MSL THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT THEN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A SMALL GRAVEL BAR. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE LEFT FUEL TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY 15 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS DRY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6016N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6016N-2017-07-20), registration cancelled 2017-07-20, S/N 21062884, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-T210
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062884
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL ISIO-520-R 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Berl, Daivd D.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 19, 1990, 8 hours before
- Departed: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 2,850 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 2,800 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900805030239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900805030239A), Aug 5, 1990: Cessna T210M, Sleeper Bay, AK, Substantial damage. Engine quit after departure. Struck trees while trying to land in a clearing. Selected empty tank.

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.

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