- Date
- November 17, 1986, 04:40 local (09:40 UTC)
- Place
- Buford, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2192SCessna 210L
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861117056099A
- Case key
- 7267
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Analysis
According to the operator, cylinders had recently been replaced on the eng & plts had been instructed to operate the eng at 75% power with the mixture richer than normal during a break-in period. On this flt, the plt took off with a full load of fuel. As he apchd the vicinity of athens, GA, he informed ARTCC that he would like to divert due to low fuel; however, the closest arpt was below mins. The next closest arpt was his destination. While being vectored for an ILS apch, the eng lost power due to fuel exhaustion. During a forced landing, the acft hit trees, then crashed to the ground. There was minimal compromise of the cabin area during the acdnt; however, both occupants died soon after the acft crashed. There was evidence that both occupants hit the instrument panel during impact. The plt had bruises which were consistent with the use of shoulder harness, but the passenger had no such bruises.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2192S
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061153
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Warren Harry Geddes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 9, 1986 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Destination
- PDK · Chamblee, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PDK · Dekalb-Peachtree, runway 20L, 5,001 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 474 total · 69 in this make and model · 271 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Observed at
- ATL, 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.