- Date
- November 4, 1987, 19:01 local (Nov 5, 1987, 01:01 UTC)
- Place
- Sugar Grove, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5360UCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871104066889A
- Case key
- 14009
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While descending for landing the aircraft experienced total power failure due to fuel exhaustion. An emergency landing was made on a road and on short final, the aircraft collided with power lines which ran along the south side of the road. According to the plt, the aircraft then pitched nose down and before he could recover it collided with a van which was hidden by a highway overpass embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5360U
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064878
- Airframe hours
- 448
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Luman Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 1, 1987
- Departed
- 29G · Revenna, OH
- Destination
- ARR · Aurora, 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 667 total · 62 in this make and model · 623 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 3 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 N5360U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.