# NTSB ATL87LA086: Cessna 210L, N93022, Jeffersontown, KY, March 15, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 14, 1987, 21:00 local (Mar 15, 1987, 02:00 UTC)
- Place: Jeffersontown, KY
- Coordinates: 38.14978, -85.519897 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1498&lon=-85.5199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7389
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7389/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA086

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93022-1989-03-21), registration cancelled 1989-03-21, S/N 21060219 (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: 210-60219
- Airframe hours: 1629
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870314007429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870314007429A), Mar 14, 1987: Cessna 210L, Jeffersontown, KY, Destroyed. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion and the aircraft hit trees. The pilot by passed a planned fuel stop.

## Other investigations on N93022 (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW77DRJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DRJ01), Nov 12, 1976: Cessna 210 (N93022), Arcadia, LA, substantial damage

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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