- Date
- October 10, 1990, 00:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N565RACessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901010044449A
- Case key
- 18047
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Probable cause
Engine failiure resulting from maintenance discrepancies.
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
According to the pilot, the engine was not running normally while on a night cross country flight from dallas, Texas, to Englewood, Colorado. Instead of returning to dallas or landing at the nearest suitable airport, he elected to continue his flight. Upon arrival at his destination, and while on final approach, he attempted to add power but there was no response from the engine. The aircraft was landed short of the runway on soft terrain. The nose gear separated from the aircraft and the aircraft nosed over. The investigation revealed maintenance discrepancies which prevented normal engine operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N565RA
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062347
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aspen Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 532 total · 212 in this make and model · 532 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA, 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.