- Date
- January 17, 1986, 21:30 local (Jan 18, 1986, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tucker, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N761AHCessna 210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860117000989A
- Case key
- 6918
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a night VFR flt the acft experienced a total loss of power and made a forced landing in a small parking lot in a business area. When rescue personnel asked the plt what had happened he stated that the acft ran out of fuel. Inspection of the wreckage confirmed that the fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761AH
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062098
- Airframe hours
- 2,736
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Charlie Brown Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Sidney W. Stuart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1985 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- RCH · Richmond, VA
- Destination
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 619 total · 41 in this make and model · 510 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 5 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.