- Date
- August 9, 1991, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Delavan, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6159FCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910809033189A
- Case key
- 15154
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Probable cause
Misjudged fuel consumption calculations by the pilot which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A factor related to the accident was refueling not performed.
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 said that while on final approach, the engine lost power. He switched tanks and put on high boost pump, but the engine failed to respond. An emergency water landing was made about 1000 feet from shore. The aircraft sank in about 10 feet of water. Post accident investigation revealed the engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6159F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059059
- Airframe hours
- 1,530
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David W. Burrows
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 25, 1991 · 170 hours before
- Departed
- C29 · Madison, WI
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,250 total · 750 in this make and model · 2,180 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- JVL, 40 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 N6159F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.