# NTSB ATL99LA062: Cessna 210, N93111, Opa Locka, FL, March 30, 1999 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 30, 1999, 03:00 local (08:00 UTC) - Place: Opa Locka, FL - Coordinates: 25.909429, -80.270072 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9094&lon=-80.2701&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 22, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 46003 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL99LA062 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46003/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA062 ## Probable cause The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, approach - reason for occurrence undetermined - Forced landing, descent - emergency - In flight collision with terrain/water, emergency descent/landing ## Analysis The pilot established an approach and landing profile for a full stop landing. The engine lost power when the throttle was reduced to idle. Efforts by the pilot to restore full power failed. When the pilot retracted the wing flaps, the airplane developed a sink rate. The pilot continued the final approach and the airplane collided with the ground 300 feet short of the runway surface. During the post-accident wreckage examination, several gallons of fuel were recovered from the fuel system. Examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem. The engine assembly was subsequently started and operated on the airframe. The engine operated through the entire power range. No mechanical problems were noted with the engine during the operational check. ## Factual narrative On March 30, 1999, at 0300 eastern standard time, a Cessna 210, N93111, collided with the ground and several approach lights at the Miami Opa Locka Airport in Opa Locka, Florida. The air taxi flight operated as Flight Express 407 under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with an instrument flight plan and clearance. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The commercial pilot was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The positioning flight departed Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 0245. The pilot reported that, as he established an approach and landing profile for runway 12 at Opa Locka, and when the throttle was reduced to idle, the engine lost power. Efforts by the pilot to restore full power failed. When the pilot retracted the wing flaps, the airplane developed a sink rate. The pilot continued the final approach and the airplane collided with the ground 300 feet short of the runway surface. During the post-accident wreckage examination, several gallons of fuel were recovered from the fuel system. Examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem. The engine assembly was subsequently started and operated on the airframe. The engine operated through the entire power range. No mechanical problems were noted with the engine during the operational check. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N93111](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93111-2017-01-19), registration cancelled 2017-01-19, S/N 21060266, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 210 - Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21060266 - Airframe hours: 5948 - Engines: Continental IO-520-L-7-B 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Positioning, Part 91 - Registered owner: Flight Express Inc., - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: FLL, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL - Destination: OPF - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: OPF, Opa Locka, runway 12, 2,340 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 25; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 2,090 total, 900 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark - Wind: 110° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: OPA ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19990330002809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990330002809A), Mar 30, 1999: Cessna 210, Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Flight express cargo acft engine quit while on approach, and the acft landed 200 feet short of the rwy, the pilot/sole occupant was not injured, and the acft… ## Other investigations on N93111 (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB LAX76DYA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DYA24), Nov 1, 1975: Cessna 210L (N93111), Lost Hills, CA, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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