- Date
- June 14, 1992, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Belleville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9545XCessna 210B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920614021629A
- Case key
- 15471
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Probable cause
The improper fuel pump high end discharge adjustment. A related factor is improper maintenance/annual inspection.
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 stated that as the airplane began to climb out there was a loss of engine RPM and the engine started to run rough. A post-accident engine run-up was conducted. The engine started easily and operated normally at low power settings. After a warm up period the throttle was advanced to 2500 RPM, and 'the engine then started to run rough, with black smoke and flames coming out the exhaust... .' A fuel pump bench test revealed the high end discharge adjustment was set higher than recommended. The test stand discharge gage pegged on the high side when the RPM was advanced to 2600 RPM per test parameters. The aircraft had flown 1.1 hours since the annual inspection was completed 8 months before the accident. Logbooks indicated the entire fuel system was removed, overhauled, reinstalled and adjusted in December, 1990, approximately 4 flight hours before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9545X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21057845
- Airframe hours
- 3,084
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nollau, Leland C.
- Registered owner
- Nollau, Leland C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1991 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- H13 · Flying Dutchman, runway 9
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,730 total · 109 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.