# NTSB FTW83LA426: Cessna 210L, N1667X, Austin, TX, September 9, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1983, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Austin, TX
- Coordinates: 30.300661, -97.810607 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3007&lon=-97.8106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21050
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA426
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21050/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA426

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LANDED WHEELS-UP IN AN OPEN MUDDY FIELD AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PLT SAID THAT JUST PRIOR TO TURNING DOWNWIND HE REDUCED POWER AND EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. THEN THE RPM WAS INCREASED AND MIXTURE SET TO FULL RICH AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE QUIT. ALL EFFORTS TO RESTART WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PLT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND MADE A FORCED LANDING. THIRTY FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE WINGS WERE REMOVED FOR RECOVERY. LATER AFTER RECOVERY OF THE ACFT AN EXTERNAL TANK WAS CONNECTED AND THE ENGINE WAS STARTED WITH A NEW PROPELLER INSTALLED. THE ENGINE RAN AT 1000-1200 RPM WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. ACCORDING TO THE AVIATION TRAINING CENTER DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS A FUEL VAPOR LOCK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1667X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21060702
- Airframe hours: 1778
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jim Bell Motors
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 18, 1983, 163 hours before
- Departed: ADS, DALLAS, TX
- Airport: AUS, Mueller, runway 13L, 2,087 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,000 total, 503 in this make and model, 4,875 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830909047919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830909047919A), Sep 9, 1983: Cessna 210L, Austin, TX, Substantial damage. Engine quit in traffic pattern for landing. Crashed short of airport attempting emergency landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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