- Date
- July 16, 1989, 15:33 local (19:33 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N132WWCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890716022399A
- Case key
- 8046
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Probable cause
The pilot's mismanagement of the available fuel supply which resulted in a total loss of engine power. The fuel selector was not positioned to the tank which contained fuel. Contributing factor(s) was: the rough terrain encountered during the forced landing.
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.
Analysis
The engine quit at about 20,000 ft while descending to a lower altitude. A forced landing was made in a soft field; the airplane dug in, ground looped and the right main gear collapsed. Pilot reported he had failed to switch the fuel selector from the left tank which resulted in fuel starvation. The right tank contained 10-15 gallons of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N132WW
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000796
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-AF, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William E. Weir
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1989 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- MTH · Marathon, FL
- Destination
- GSP · Greer, SC
- 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 564 total · 148 in this make and model · 564 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGS, 10 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.