# NTSB ATL85LLT11: Cessna T210L, N2045S, Elizabethton, TN, September 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 19, 1985, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Elizabethton, TN
- Coordinates: 36.329853, -82.229545 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3299&lon=-82.2295&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): 6888
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LLT11
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6888/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LLT11

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, go-around (vfr)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - emergency procedure - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLT THE ENG STOPPED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION DURING A GO-AROUND. DURING THE ATTEMPTED RESTART, THE INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A FLD AND RAN INTO A WOODED AREA WHICH SEPARATED BOTH WINGS FROM THE ACFT STRUCTURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2045S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2045S-1993-10-27), registration cancelled 1993-10-27, S/N 21061012 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061012
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-H 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Moody Bible Inst. Of Chicago
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 26, 1985, 325 hours before
- Airport: 0AP, Elizabethton, runway 6, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 4,846 total, 585 in this make and model, 4,546 as pilot in command, 99 in the last 90 days, 53 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °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 19850919045709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850919045709A), Sep 19, 1985: Cessna T210L, Elizabethton, TN, Destroyed. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion in selected tank. Selector not moved during restart attempt. Struck wires, trees

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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