- Date
- November 7, 1988, 22:15 local (Nov 8, 1988, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sheperdsville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N732WCCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881107069989A
- Case key
- 7948
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had flown a Cessna 172 to tampa to pick up a Cessna T210M for a flight to louisville, KY. The 210 had been previously flown to tampa from ft. myers by the owner. After a preflight in which the pilot said he visually verified that the fuel tanks were full, the pilot departed for louisville. About 15 miles south of standiford field, louisville, KY, the engine lost power and the pilot made a night forced landing in trees. No fuel was found in the wreckage. After recovery of the wreckage, an engine run was completed after adding fuel to the airplane's fuel system, the last verified refueling of the airplane was at ft. myers on November 2, 1988 when 16 gallons were added to 'top' the tanks. A calculation of the fuel required to complete a flight from ft. myers to tampa to louisville was made. The results indicated that 86.3 gallons of fuel would have been required under optimum conditions. The usable capacity of the airplane was 89 gallons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732WC
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061824
- Airframe hours
- 651
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gregory A. Hewett
- Registered owner
- Duffy Foods, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1988 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- TPA · Tampa, FL
- Destination
- SDF · Louisville, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SDF · Standiford
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Private, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,668 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,450 as pilot in command · 199 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDF, 12 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.