- Date
- December 27, 1988, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Grovertown, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5457ACessna P210R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881227056859A
- Case key
- 14318
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - improperCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Wheels up landing - intentionalFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5457A
- Reported as
- Cessna P210R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000856
- Airframe hours
- 577
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-CE1B, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tucker Clark
- Registered owner
- Tucker, Clark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1988 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- 5I1 · Greenwood, IN
- Destination
- VPZ · Valparaiso, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
N5457ARegistered now · Cessna P210RAirframe modelCessna P210REngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,244 total · 285 in this make and model · 1,147 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 7 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.