- Date
- July 19, 1985, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kilgore, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N761YKCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850719032979A
- Case key
- 21808
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Analysis
The plt was to ferry the acft from mena, AR, to jacksonville, TX. During pre-flt he discovered the fuel gages were inop and a visual check of the fuel quantity was made. The plt estimated sufficient fuel remained in the tanks to complete the 50 minute flt. En route, the plt ran the right fuel tank dry, the eng quit and he was unable to restart the eng using the left fuel tank. A gear up forced landing resulted during which the acft received substantially damage to the bottom of the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761YK
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062623
- Airframe hours
- 1,135
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Rodan Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bob Guidry Electric Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1984
- Departed
- M39 · Mena, AR
- Destination
- JSO · Jacksonville, TX
- Airport
- Kilgore
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,484 total · 186 in this make and model · 1,310 as pilot in command · 225 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GGG, 6 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 N761YK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.