- Date
- February 8, 1986, 13:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N210TACessna T-210M
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860208002379A
- Case key
- 16807
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt took off on the 13,373 foot rwy in IMC conditions on an IFR flt plan. The arpt control twr controller observed the acft at midfield after takeoff, emitting black smoke and informed the plt. The plt requested and was cleared for landing. The acft was observed in a left turn until visual contact was lost in conditions of low ceiling and vis. Attempts to contact the acft by radio were unsuccessful. The acft wreckage was located on top of an acft hangar located one quarter mile north of the rwy. Post accident inspection of the eng and acft revealed the piston crowns, cylinder heads, intake valves and spark plugs were covered with black soot. The mixture control was in the full rich position and the aux fuel pump was on. The acft operator handbook requires the aux fuel boost pump be 'off' and the mixture adjusted to less than 186 pounds per hour fuel flow during initial takeoff roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210TA
- Reported as
- Cessna T-210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062454
- Airframe hours
- 1,525
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack T. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1985 · 74 hours before
- Destination
- SKX · Taos, NM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ABQ · Albuquerque, runway 8, 13,373 × 300 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,686 total · 1,292 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.