- Date
- January 24, 1988, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sterling, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5350ACessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880124060399A
- Case key
- 11357
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Abt 2.7 hrs after takeoff, the student plt & instructor (CFI) were practicing instrument apchs when the eng lost pwr. The CFI took control of the acft & made a forced lndg, but the acft was damaged on rough terrain. An exam of the acft revealed the right & left tanks had about 0.5 & 30 gal of fuel, respectively. The fuel selector was found in the right tank position. The acft had been flown about 4.3 hrs since it was last refueled & the right tank had been used for about 3.5 hrs of that time. Also, the rgt tank had been used for the entire time of the acdnt flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5350A
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063383
- Airframe hours
- 1,311
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Armel Aviation
- Registered owner
- Joel Horn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1987 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- IAD
- Airport
- IAD · Dulles Intl, runway 19L, 11,500 × 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
- 63
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,338 total · 50 in this make and model · 4,871 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DUL, 3 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.