- Date
- March 12, 1989, 21:05 local (Mar 13, 1989, 04:05 UTC)
- Place
- Roy, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N26RSCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890312003639A
- Case key
- 17680
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Probable cause
The pilot allowed himself to become distracted by a landing gear problem, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, when he had insufficient fuel to delay his landing. Factors related to the accident were: the landing gear problem and trees in the emergency landing area.
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 plt stated after the acdnt that he had flown from ogden, UT to las vegas, NV earlier in the day & was rtrng to ogden when the acdnt occurred. He said he had a 'landing gear problem' aprx 5 mi from the arpt & 'spent too much time' correcting it. While on a downwind for rwy 16, the eng lost power. The plt transmitted that he had 'run out of gas.' Subsequently, the acft collided with trees aprx 300 ft short of rwy 34.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26RS
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060677
- Airframe hours
- 2,100
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack R. Stacey
- Registered owner
- Stacey Enterprises Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1988 · 175 hours before
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- OGE
- Airport
- OGD · Ogden Muni, runway 34, 5,349 × 20 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,160 total · 2,100 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OGE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.