# NTSB DEN88LA092: Cessna 210L, N910DS, Cheyenne, WY, April 5, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 4, 1988, 19:45 local (Apr 5, 1988, 01:45 UTC)
- Place: Cheyenne, WY
- Coordinates: 41.139583, -104.789184 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1396&lon=-104.7892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17462
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17462/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA092

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, missed approach (ifr)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - inattentive, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - object - pole (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N910DS-1989-01-24), registration cancelled 1989-01-24, S/N 21061387 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061387
- Airframe hours: 1342
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880404007449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880404007449A), Apr 4, 1988: Cessna 210L, Cheyenne, WY, Substantial damage. Ran a tank dry during a practice ILS approach. Crash landed on a city street one mile short of airport.

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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