- Date
- March 22, 1985, 21:15 local (Mar 23, 1985, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Flora, IN
- Injuries
- 5 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N732RXCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850322013439A
- Case key
- 13032
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Analysis
Pilot dept danville, IL no flt plan for indianapolis, IN enroute he encountered IFR conditions and reversed course. The pilot then lost all electrical power on acft. Flying north, pilot saw Flora muni thru breaks in overcast. Pumped gear down and only extended-locked nose gr pilot ld long, down wind and went off dept end of runway crossed road side ditch and nosed over inverted. Burned lead on alternator caused loss of elec power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732RX
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061724
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C.G. Pool
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 1985 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- DNV · Danville, IL
- Destination
- I21 · Indianapolis, IN
- Airport
- H84 · Flora, runway 27, 2,640 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 14 in this make and model · 234 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF, 15 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.