- Date
- April 19, 1985, 18:00 local (Apr 20, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Denton, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N761SUCessna T-210-NII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 21732
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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.
Analysis
The acft was damaged during a forced landing in a construction site following a loss of pwr due to fuel exhaustion. The plt stated sufficient fuel was on board for the x-country from flagstaff, AZ, to plano, TX. Upon reaching the plano area the plt could not locate the arpt. He then decided to return to Denton arpt, which he had flown over en route to plano. Fuel exhaustion occurred prior to locating Denton arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761SU
- Reported as
- Cessna T-210-NII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063488
- Airframe hours
- 525
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dougco, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1985
- Departed
- FLG · Flagstaff, AZ
- Destination
- F26 · Plano, 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 236 total · 236 in this make and model · 236 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 17 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 20 nm away
Other investigations on N761SU · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.