- Date
- January 3, 1983, 16:38 local (22:38 UTC)
- Place
- Orla, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5289YCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830103000149A
- Case key
- 20783
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On the 2nd leg of his daily check run from dallas to el paso the pilot reported to ft worth ARTCC that he had an engine failure and was going to land on a road. He did not make the road and landed in open terrain with the landing gear up. Fuel system continuity could not be established due to removal of the wings and impact damage to the header tanks. According to company records and the pilots statement there should have been ample fuel in both tanks at the time of the power failure. The engine was test run and met all parameters during the test.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5289Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064153
- Airframe hours
- 1,320
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Mutual Air Express
- Registered owner
- Glenn W. Carter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 30, 1982 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- Brownwood, TX
- Destination
- El Paso, TX
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,025 total · 770 in this make and model · 2,810 as pilot in command · 340 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INK1, 45 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 N5289Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.