- Date
- December 17, 1988, 12:32 local (18:32 UTC)
- Place
- Bannock Burn, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5225KCessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881217054639A
- Case key
- 14182
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation caused by ice blocked fuel lines.
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
While in cruise flight the airplane experienced a complete loss of power from the engine. When attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful the plt selected a two lane road and performed an off airport forced landing. During the descent the plt extended the landing gear and selected full flap extension. The plt observed a gap in the traffic on the road and slipped the airplane in order to position the airplane for landing in the open area. The no power glide, flare, and touchdown were successful and hard braking slowed the airplane to approximately 30 KTS before the right wing struck small roadside trees causing the airplane to swerve right. Two of the three landing gear failed as the airplane crossed through a shallow ditch and came to a stop. Post accident examination of the fuel system disclosed the presence of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5225K
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060023
- Airframe hours
- 2,869
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sweeberg, Richard
- Registered owner
- S.G. Anderson & B.C. Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1988 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- PWK · Wheeling, IL
- Destination
- UGN · Waukegan, 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 800 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWR, 10 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.