# NTSB DEN88LA117: Cessna T210N, N6638N, Ft. Collins, CO, June 1, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 1, 1988, 17:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Collins, CO
- Location: 40.4518° N, 105.0113° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHERN COLORADO RGNL (FNL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4518&lon=-105.0113&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17473
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17473/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA117

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - incorrect
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - separation (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6638N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6638N), registered now, S/N 21063129, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063127
- Airframe hours: 985
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520R 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: House, Leland E.
- Registered owner: Bond, Jack R.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 1988, 10 hours before
- Departed: CO84, JOES, CO
- Destination: FNL, FT. COLLINS, CO
- Airport: FNL, Ft. Collins/Loveland, runway 33, 6,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,670 total, 9 in this make and model, 3,482 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FNL, 1 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 19880601019319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880601019319A), Jun 1, 1988: Cessna T210R, Fort Collins, CO, Substantial damage. Engine quit on approach due to fuel exhaustion. Stalled aircraft into a plowed field. Nosed over. Faulty fuel gauge

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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