- Date
- October 7, 1985, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Grayslake, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3890PCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851007054799A
- Case key
- 13225
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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
During descent the engine stopped running. The aircraft was landed in a soft field & nosed over. Only 4 gallons of fuel was found in the left fuel system with no evidence of leakage. The pilot only used the left system during the 2 hour flight. Fuel tanks were reportedly topped off before flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3890P
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000069
- Airframe hours
- 962
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence P. Kupper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1984 · 169 hours before
- Departed
- CIU · Sault Ste Marie, MI
- Destination
- PWK · Wheeling, IL
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,293 total · 12 in this make and model · 1,133 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.