- Date
- September 30, 1982, 16:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4774YCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820930051709A
- Case key
- 71698
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel supply - inattentiveCause
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Fuel tank selector position - improperCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Wheels up landing - intentional
Analysis
Pilot landed gear up on airport after engine quit due to failure to position fuel tank selector. Right fuel tank was empty. Left fuel tank had fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4774Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064007
- Airframe hours
- 565
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C.H. Ball, Jr.
- Registered owner
- C.H. Ball, Jr.
- Departed
- Llano, TX
- Destination
- Odessa, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MAF · Midland Regional, runway 34, 9,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 681 total · 566 in this make and model · 620 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 181 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.