- Date
- January 4, 1987, 10:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Pueblo, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2WFCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870104000049A
- Case key
- 17161
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt and two pax departed limon, CO, at 1000 for return trip to center, CO. At 1030 plt switched to the right fuel tank, ten min later eng lost power and plt made forced landing west of Pueblo, CO. Plt claimed right fuel gauge was faulty. Plt later said he took off from limon with 35 gal of fuel aboard and that he must have consumed all available fuel from right tank on earlier flight. Plt said he did not visually inspect fuel tanks prior to departure from limon. En route cruising altitude was 1000 ft AGL to avoid high headwinds aloft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2WF
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063787
- Airframe hours
- 638
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ford Farms, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ford Farms, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1986
- Departed
- LIC · Limon, CO
- Destination
- 1V8 · Center, CO
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 440 total · 203 in this make and model · 379 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUB, 11 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.
Other investigations on N2WF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.