- Date
- May 26, 1992, 11:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N57ABCessna T210H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920526020589A
- Case key
- 18210
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Probable cause
Power loss due to low fuel pump pressure and a chafed upper deck reference line. A factor was: the pilot's inability to maintain directional control due to a partially extended main landing gear.
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 pilot said he took off, retracted the landing gear, and climbed to an altitude of about 100 feet when the engine suddenly lost power. The pilot extended the landing gear for an on airport forced landing. When the airplane touched down, the nose gear had extended and locked but the main gears were only partially extended. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane skidded off the runway. Post accident examination disclosed the engine driven fuel pump could not produce rated pressure at high power settings. In addition, there was a hole in the upper deck reference line due to chafing against the generator mounting bracket.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57AB
- Reported as
- Cessna T210H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T210-0374
- Airframe hours
- 3,447
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fay, Colin M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 5, 1991 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 1V5
- Destination
- 2V2 · Longmont, CO
- Airport
- 1V5 · Boulder Municipal, runway 8, 4,100 × 75 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 50 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 11 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.
Other investigations on N57AB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.