- Date
- July 6, 1985, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N29008Cessna 210MII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850706029739A
- Case key
- 13130
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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
The acft contacted a tree during a forced landing in a residential area following a loss of pwr. Post accident inspection revealed the right fuel tank contained fuel and the left tank was dry, the left wing fuel vent was installed backwards and the fuel selector had 15 degs of movement when a tank was selected. The fuel distribution valve, fuel pump and fuel strainer were also dry. The eng operated normally when tested with the fuel selector positioned on the right tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29008
- Reported as
- Cessna 210MII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062486
- Airframe hours
- 1,994
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony M. Grimaldi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 28, 1985 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- 3HA · Lansing, IL
- Destination
- DET · Detroit, MI
- Airport
- DET · Detroit City
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 1,030 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.