- Date
- February 19, 1978
- Place
- Pagosa Springs, CO · PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N761EUCessna T210
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780219001669A
- Case key
- 143727
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0233 78/2/19 PAGOSA SPRINGS,CO CESSNA T210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 4010 TIME - 1700 N761EU PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEVENS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS LUNAS,NM PAGOSA SPRINGS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT STATED HE FAILED TO SWITCH TO FULL FUEL TANK BFR OTR TANK RAN DRY.LNDD ON FROZEN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761EU
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stevens Field
N761EURegistered now · Cessna T210MAirframe modelCessna T210MEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.