# NTSB CHI85LA276: Cessna 210MII, N29008, Detroit, MI, July 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1985, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Coordinates: 42.329242, -83.050376 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3292&lon=-83.0504&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13130
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA276
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13130/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA276

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - fuel system,vent - improper (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,selector/valve - loose (contributing factor)
  - maintenance,100-hour inspection - not corrected, fbo personnel (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - maintenance,inspection - inadequate, fbo personnel (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29008-2017-01-24), registration cancelled 2017-01-24, S/N 21062486, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210MII
- Registry model: [Cessna 210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (registry code 2073450) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062486
- Airframe hours: 1994
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850706029739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850706029739A), Jul 6, 1985: Cessna 210M, Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. Collided with a tree after engine quit on final. Excessive play in fuel selector. Fuel vent installed backwards.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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