- Date
- March 14, 1987, 21:00 local (Mar 15, 1987, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jeffersontown, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93022Cessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870314007429A
- Case key
- 7389
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During IFR flight in VFR conditions the pilot reported low fuel situation to approach control. The aircraft was in the vicinity of several lighted airports at that time. The aircraft lost power and made forced landing at night in mountainous terrain where an inflight collision with terrain occurred. The pilot had filed an IFR flight plan from miami to knoxville. The aircraft arrived in the knoxville area earlier than planned and the pilot decided that sufficient fuel remained to complete the flight to louisville. The fuel gauges indicated two hours range for the one hour flight. During preflight inspection at maimi the pilot reported that the right fuel tank was filled to filler cap; the left fuel tank was filled to a level that could be flet with finger tips. There was no report of any malfunction or failure of the aircraft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93022
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-60219
- Airframe hours
- 1,629
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glendale Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 13, 1987 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- MIA · Miami, FL
- Destination
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,723 total · 274 in this make and model · 1,529 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU, 8 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.
Other investigations on N93022 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.