- Date
- May 26, 1992, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Manteo, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5811FCessna 210F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920526015959A
- Case key
- 8607
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate emergency procedures, in that he failed to note the discharge of electrical power on the ammeter, and his loss of directional control during the off airport landing. Factors were the disabled alternator and a low cloud ceiling.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During cruise flight in instrument meteorological conditions, total electrical power was lost. The pilot flew east until he believed he was over water & descended below the overcast. He flew back to dry land and eventually elected to land on a road, when the ceiling continued to lower. The airplane landed fast, with the flaps retracted, on a highway. He said he landed to one side of the road because of electrical wires on the opposite side. The right wheel dropped off of the pavement and the airplane veered into a ditch beside the road. Investigation revealed that the alternator belt had separated. An ammeter is installed on the right side of the instrument panel, & was found to be operable after the accident. The owner's manual, before landing checklist, states that the flaps should be lowered, & a speed of 75-85 mph used during landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5811F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058811
- Airframe hours
- 2,545
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanton, Mark L.
- Registered owner
- Jastyke Transportation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 1991 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- 39N · Princeton, NJ
- Destination
- CAE · Columbia, 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 400 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MQI, 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.
Other investigations on N5811F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.