- Date
- December 26, 1989, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- New Phila, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59145Cessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891226053239A
- Case key
- 14607
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to drain all of the trapped water from the fuel system prior to flight. Factors related to the accident were: the unfavorable wind condition and trees in the emergency landing area.
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
The plt rprtd that during flt, the eng began to run rough, then lost power. He elected to land in a small field surrounded by trees. He said that during the apch to land, the acft enctrd windshear, which increased the rate of descent. Subsequently, the acft's wheels hit trees before the plane reached the field, then it nose down & impacted the ground. A post-acdnt exam revealed the gascolator was about 2/3 full of ice & water was found in the flow divider. The plt said the acft had been placed in a heated hangar before flt. He also stated that during his preflt, he had drained the sumps until he observed no water in the fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59145
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060121
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Archibald R. Prutzman
- Departed
- AFJ · Washington, PA
- Destination
- JOT · Joliet, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 280° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 9 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CAK, 20 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.