- Date
- January 3, 1988, 16:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Huntsville, AL
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6438WCessna P210N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880103000139A
- Case key
- 7580
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Aircraft preflight - inadequateFactor
ComplacencyFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)Factor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6438W
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P210N-00779
- Airframe hours
- 1,445
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-AF, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William A. Sneed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1987 · 162 hours before
- Departed
- APF · Naples, FL
- Destination
- HSV · Nashville, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HSV · Huntsville Madison Co, runway 36, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N6438WRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Cessna P210NAirframe modelCessna P210NEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,555 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HSV, 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.