- Date
- November 21, 1990, 23:17 local (Nov 22, 1990, 04:17 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5819FCessna 210G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901121051129A
- Case key
- 14866
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Probable cause
Inadequate maintenance and inspection of the airplane resulting in an engine power loss due to water and fuel contamination. A contributing factor was the dark night.
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 pilot made a precautionary landing at Indianapolis due to a rough running engine. A mechanic attempted to find the problem, cleaned the plugs and added hydraulic fluid to the airplane. The engine roughness could not be duplicated during further runups. Shortly after takeoff the engine again ran rough and the airplane would not sustain altitude. The pilot returned to Indianapolis and the airplane landed short of the runway after contacting powerlines, trees and a fence. Post accident inspection of the engine revealed the fuel metering valve screen was almost completely blocked by foreign material, and the fuel distributor valve was almost full of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5819F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21558819
- Airframe hours
- 2,947
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry E. Bailey
- Registered owner
- Barron Thomas Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1990 · 28 hours before
- Destination
- 1M8 · Hopkinsville, KY
- Airport
- IND · Indianapolis Intl.
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 975 total · 60 in this make and model · 820 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 2 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 N5819F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.