- Date
- May 9, 2000, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6607XCessna 210A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000509028979A
- Case key
- 49165
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper fuel management resulting in fuel starvation. A factor was improper planned approach.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated his destination was Winter Haven, Florida, with a refueling stop at Fayetteville. The pilot stated he departed with full tanks of fuel. The en-route time, according to the pilot, was 3 hours. The pilot stated that while on short final for runway 22, he completed the pre-landing checklist and switched tanks. According to the pilot, when he switched the fuel selector from the left tank position to the right, the engine 'stumbled'. He stated that he then switched back to the left tank and the engine surged and lost power. The airplane collided with the terrain in a marsh area approximately 500 feet from the runway. According to the rescue personnel at the site, a 'barrel' of fuel was drained from the right main tank, the amount was undetermined. No fuel was drained from the left main tank. An engine was examined at Teledyne Continental Motors in Mobile, Alabama on July 18, 2000 and no discrepancies were found.
Factual narrative
On May 09, 2000, about 1115 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 210A, N6607X, collided with the terrain while on approach to land on runway 22 at Fayetteville Regional Airport, Fayetteville, North Carolina. The flight was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The private pilot was seriously injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight departed Columbia County Airport, Hudson, New York, at 0815.
The pilot stated his destination was Winter Haven, Florida, with a refueling stop at Fayetteville. The pilot stated he departed Hudson with full tanks of fuel. The en-route time, according to the pilot, was 3 hours. The airplane has an endurance of about 4.5 hours. The pilot stated that he switched fuel tanks on average every 45 minutes. The pilot stated that while on short final for runway 22 at Fayetteville Regional, he completed the pre-landing checklist and switched tanks. According to the pilot, when he switched the fuel selector from the left tank position to the right, the engine "stumbled". He stated that he then switched back to the left tank and the engine surged and lost power. The airplane collided with the terrain in a marsh area approximately 500 feet from the runway. According to the rescue personnel at the site, a "barrel" of fuel was drained from the right main tank, the amount was undetermined. No fuel was drained from left main tank.
The engine was examined at Teledyne Continental Motors in Mobile, Alabama on July 18, 2000 and no discrepancies were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6607X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21057607
- Airframe hours
- 1,890
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Koons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 22, 2000 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- 1B1 · Hudson, NY
- Destination
- GIF · Winter Haven, FL
- Airport
- FAY · Fayetteville Regional Air, runway 22, 7,204 × 150 ft
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 625 total · 188 in this make and model · 590 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAY, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.