- Date
- April 24, 1987, 14:46 local (19:46 UTC)
- Place
- Lufkin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4637QCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22242
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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 pilot reduced power and was descending for a VFR straight-in approach when the engine quit. The pilot had the selector on the left tank with 4 to 5 gallons of fuel remaining in this tank. During the descent the fuel tank outlet line became unported causing air to be drawn into the fuel system. The pilot switched to the right tank but did not realize the engine was not operating until he added power on final approach. He could not restart the engine and a forced landing was made in a pasture on rough and uneven terrain. The pilot could not remember turning on the electric fuel boost pump. During impact a small fire erupted and consumed the cockpit, cabin area and inboard half of the left wing. The boost pump switch position could not be determined due to the fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4637Q
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059537
- Airframe hours
- 2,760
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard D.Moniece
- Registered owner
- B H Mcdaniel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LFK · Angelina County, runway 7, 4,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,605 total · 1,050 in this make and model · 1,555 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots, gusting 13
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None