- Date
- July 12, 1990, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Memphis, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2074SCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900712025409A
- Case key
- 8254
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Probable cause
Fuel mismanagement by the pilot which resulted in fuel starvation during final approach.
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 pilot reported that the fuel gauges read 3/4 upon departure. He also said the left fuel gauge was intermittent. When the engine quit on short final, he switched the fuel selector from the left tank to the right. After the accident the left fuel tank was found empty. Testing revealed that the left tank was intact & the quantity indicator was inoperable. Fuel was found in the right fuel tank which was also breached by impact damage. Fire personnel said they put the fuel selector in the off position, after the accident, because fuel was leaking from the right tank drain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2074S
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061041
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Express Services Inc.
- Departed
- OLV · Olive Branch, MS
- Airport
- MEM · Memphis Intl, runway 27, 8,936 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 207 total · 26 in this make and model · 129 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 5 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 N2074S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.