# NTSB FTW88DRD08: Cessna T-210N, N6449Y, Ruston, LA, June 4, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: June 4, 1988, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Ruston, LA
- Coordinates: 32.529293, -92.630523 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5293&lon=-92.6305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22492
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88DRD08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22492/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRD08

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, climb
  - fuel system,vent - blocked(partial) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING CLIMBOUT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE AIRPLANE MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A WOODED AREA. AFTER HITTING TREES AND THE TERRAIN, THE AIRPLANE BURNED. NO PRE-IMPACT PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH THE POWERPLANT. VENTED FUEL CAPS HAD BEEN INSTALLED BUT WERE DAMAGED IN THE FIRE. THE RIGHT WING TANK VENT WAS PARTIALLY OBSCURED WITH MUD DAUBER'S NEST. NO OTHER REASON FOR LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WAS FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6449Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6449Y-1988-10-06), registration cancelled 1988-10-06, S/N 21064389 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064389
- Airframe hours: 438
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: W. H. Jennings Dozer Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 5, 1988, 15 hours before
- Destination: F62, IDABEL, OK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,172 total, 368 in this make and model, 1,084 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLU, 40 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880604018069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880604018069A), Jun 4, 1988: Cessna T210N, Ruston, LA, Destroyed. Engine lost power on climb to cruise. Wing struck a tree on forced landing. Crashed and burned. Fuel vent clogged.

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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