- Date
- August 29, 1984, 01:45 local (05:45 UTC)
- Place
- Howell, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N732RJCessna 210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840829044479A
- Case key
- 12759
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that about 10 min after takeoff, the fuel flow fluctuated & slowly went to zero. He turned the aux fuel pump on, increased the mixture to rich & repositioned the fuel selector to another tank, but to no avail. The plt made a forced landing in a lake, exited the acft & swam to shore. An exam of the eng & fuel sys did not reveal any evidence of a mechanical failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732RJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61711
- Airframe hours
- 5,242
- Engine
- Continental IO-520L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Pdq Air Charter
- Registered owner
- William J. Westcott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LAN · Lansing, MI
- Destination
- DET · Detroit, MI
- 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,160 total · 339 in this make and model · 3,995 as pilot in command · 369 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 29 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 N732RJ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.