- Date
- October 27, 1985, 17:40 local (Oct 28, 1985, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Sterling, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1728UCessna T210NII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16878
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
In-flight planning/decision - misjudgedCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt indicated he had the arpt in site when the eng failed due to fuel exhaustion. The investigation revea led the eng tach showed a total lapsed time of 4.9 hrs flown on this one fuel load. The perfomance charts for this particular flt indicates a max flt time of between 4.45 hrs and 4.8 hrs. The plt indicated he should have added fuel to prevent the accident from happening.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1728U
- Reported as
- Cessna T210NII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 64744
- Airframe hours
- 325
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Sterling Air Service
- Registered owner
- Waume Rose
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1985
- Departed
- 3V5 · Fort Collins, CO
- Destination
- STK · Sterling, CO
- Airport
- STK · Crosson Fld
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,250 total · 577 in this make and model · 2,140 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 28 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKO, 27 nm away