# NTSB ATL85FA230: Cessna 210N, N6419N, Chamblee, GA, August 3, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1985, 21:26 local (Aug 3, 1985, 01:26 UTC)
- Place: Chamblee, GA
- Coordinates: 33.87078, -84.329208 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8708&lon=-84.3292&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6629
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85FA230
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6629/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA230

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indication (contributing factor)
  - aircraft service - misjudged, fbo personnel (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - refueling - reduced, fbo personnel (cause)
  - expectancy, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - , pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
  - light condition - dark night
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

PLT HAD OBTAINED CHECK OUT IN ACFT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE ON X-CFLT. ABOUT 3.35 HRS INTO FLT CALLED ATL CTR EXP CONCERN ABOUT FUEL. AT THAT TIME ACFT WAS ABOUT 4 MI W OF ROME GA VOR AND ABOUT 15 MI FROM ROME APT. PLT NOR CENTER WERE SURE IF FUEL WAS AVAIL AT ROME AT THAT TIME OF EVENING. PLT WAS TOLD THAT PDK APT WAS ABOUT 40 MI SE. PLT SAID YES. HE HAD INDICATED AT FIRST CONTACT THAT HE HAD ABOUT ONE HOURS FUELD LEFT. ENGINE LOST POWER AND ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES ABOUT 1 1/2 MI SHORT OF RWY ON STRAIGHT IN APPCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6419N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6419N-1991-04-26), registration cancelled 1991-04-26, S/N 21062995 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Registry model: [Cessna 210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (registry code 2073453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062995
- Airframe hours: 1454
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO 520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Transient Aviation Of Like, doing business as Charles,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 29, 1984, 775 hours before
- Departed: LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Destination: TOC, TOCCOA, GA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PDK, Dekalb Peachtree

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,516 total, 4 in this make and model, 1,400 as pilot in command, 44 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PDK, 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850802036199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850802036199A), Aug 2, 1985: Cessna 210N, Chamblee, GA, Substantial damage. Fuel exhausted on final approach. Struck tree and ground. Gauges inaccurate. Diverting to fuel when. Engine quit.

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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