- Date
- April 8, 1979
- Place
- Westerville, OH · WESTERVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4940UCessna 210E
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790408006619A
- Case key
- 137462
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0519 79/4/8 NR.WESTERVILLE,OH CESSNA 210E CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1635 N4940U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 42, 6208 TOTAL HOURS, 200 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DELAWARE,OH COLUMBUS,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HARVESTED CORN FIELD. SPRING AND NUT MISSING FROM INJECTOR ROD ASSY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4940U
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ohio State U.
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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