# NTSB DEN87LA040: Cessna T210N, N2WF, Pueblo, CO, January 4, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 4, 1987, 10:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Coordinates: 38.359699, -104.770347 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3597&lon=-104.7703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17161
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17161/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA040

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - failure,partial (contributing factor)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - performance data - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2WF-2000-08-03), registration cancelled 2000-08-03, S/N 21063787 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063787
- Airframe hours: 638
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870104000049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870104000049A), Jan 4, 1987: Cessna T210N, Pueblo, CO, Substantial damage. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion. The aircraft was landed in rough terrain.

## Other investigations on N2WF (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98FA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA344), Aug 6, 1998: Cessna T210N (N2WF), Creede, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain flying airspeed and the subsequent stall/spin. A contributing factor was high density altitude.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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