- Date
- April 4, 1988, 19:45 local (Apr 5, 1988, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N910DSCessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880404007449A
- Case key
- 17462
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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
The CFI was giving a checkout to the private pilot doctor. The CFI flight records showed only one hour in this make/model. The fuel selector was in the right tank position throughout the flight. The pilot reported that the engine quit on one mile short final for runway 26 at Cheyenne, municipal. A post accident inspection and engine run failed to reveal evidence of a mechanical engine problem. Neither pilot could remember switching tanks during the emergency, or during the restart attempt. Post invest revealed that the acft landed on a hiway. During lndg the acft struck a curb, a chain link fence and a light pole. The acft skidded to a stop after the lndg gear collapsed. The acft rt fuel tank had been ruptured but only a small amount of fuel spilled. The crew was practicing ILS approaching when the eng quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N910DS
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061387
- Airframe hours
- 1,342
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Ventures
- Registered owner
- Jonathon B. Weisbuch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1988 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- CYS · Cheyenne, WY
- Destination
- CYS
- Airport
- Cheyenne Municipal, runway 26, 9,199 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,144 total · 1 in this make and model · 969 as pilot in command · 101 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 25 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CYS, 2 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.