- Date
- January 21, 1988, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Danville, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N210PECessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880121017719A
- Case key
- 11390
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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
Engine power loss occurred when the acft was in the traffic pattern. The plt made a forced landing in an open field about 2 miles from the airport. The investigation disclosed less than 1 gal of fuel in the selected rt tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210PE
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000692
- Airframe hours
- 1,072
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hadi Aircraft Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 13, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- DAN · Danville, VA
- Airport
- DAN · Danville, runway 20, 5,000 × 150 ft
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 489 total · 89 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.