- Date
- May 3, 1984, 18:20 local (May 4, 1984, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Farmington, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4774UCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840503018319A
- Case key
- 16211
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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
Fuel exhaustion occurred in normal cruise flt after plt determined consumption precluded reaching destination and requested emergency straight-in to nearest airport. Forced landing executed on highway, wing struck a parked, occupied vehicle. Plt accustomed to non-stop on this route segment in different m/m acft. Investigation showed 25 kt headwind prevailed on mishap flt; calculations based on acft manual show non-stop not possible under existing conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4774U
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064813
- Airframe hours
- 81
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James And Priscilla Warren
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 6, 1984 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- TYR · Tyler, TX
- Destination
- CEZ · Cortez, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,800 total · 81 in this make and model · 3,800 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMN, 5 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.