- Date
- June 25, 1986, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrenceville, GA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4825PCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860625027729A
- Case key
- 6951
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was damaged during a forced lndg on a hiway after the engine quit. The flt was nearing its destination on a VFR x-country when the engine lost power. The acft fuel tank selector was on the rt tank for 2 hrs before and during the emergency. After the accident fuel leaked from the left fuel tank throughout the examination of the wreckage. The plt said that he believed the accident could have been prevented if he had switched tanks prior to the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4825P
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000118
- Airframe hours
- 1,173
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Total Contract Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BWI · Baltimore, MD
- Destination
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- 17A · Gwinette Co.
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,532 total · 63 in this make and model · 1,385 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 12 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.