# NTSB FTW85LA195: Cessna T-210-NII, N761SU, Denton, TX, April 20, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 19, 1985, 18:00 local (Apr 20, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Denton, TX
- Coordinates: 33.209274, -97.13076 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2093&lon=-97.1308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21732/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high obstruction(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761SU-2018-03-19), registration cancelled 2018-03-19, S/N 21062488 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-210-NII
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063488
- Airframe hours: 525
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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)

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.

- [NTSB CEN15FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA027), Oct 24, 2014: Cessna T210M (N761SU), Bay City, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot’s continued visual flight into instrument flight rules conditions, which resulted in an in-flight loss of control.

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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