# NTSB ATL87FA017: Cessna 210L, N59034, Montgomery, AL, November 8, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 8, 1986, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Montgomery, AL
- Location: 32.3009° N, 86.3769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from MONTGOMERY RGNL (DANNELLY FLD) (MGM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3009&lon=-86.3769&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7266
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87FA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7266/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA017

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - wire,static
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS FLOWN FOR SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 3 HRS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLT. THE ACFT WAS REPORTEDLY NEARLY FULL OF FUEL BEFORE TAKEOFF. CAPACITY IS 89 GALS. AT MAX CONSUMPTION OF 22 GPH THE ACFT SHOULD HAVE STILL HAD FUEL AVAILABLE WHEN THE ENG QUIT. DURING THE FORCED LNDG THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES AND THE GROUND ABOUT 1 MILE FORM THE RWY. THE ENG WAS TEST RUN SATISFACTORILY AFTER THE ACC. THE ACFT HAD LAIN IN AN INVERTED POSITION OVERNITE BEFORE THE INSPECTION WHICH SHOWED ONLY A FEW OUNCES OF FUEL IN THE ACFT. THE CFI STATED THAT THE FULLEST TANK WAS SELECTED PRIOR TO THE LAST TAKEOFF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N59034](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59034-1989-09-18), registration cancelled 1989-09-18, S/N 21060037 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21060037
- Airframe hours: 2333
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L3A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Shilling, Roger D.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 7, 1985, 150 hours before
- Departed: 2A3, BESSEMER, AL
- Destination: MGM, MONTGOMERY, AL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MGM, Dannelly Field, runway 27, 9,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 642 total, 46 in this make and model, 516 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MGM, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861108054139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861108054139A), Nov 8, 1986: Cessna 210L, Montgomery, AL, Destroyed. The engine failed on final and the aircraft hit powerlines. Fuel exhaustion. Instructor failed to monitor fuel.

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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