- Date
- September 6, 1989, 21:55 local (Sep 7, 1989, 02:55 UTC)
- Place
- Bethany, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N732XWCessna 210P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890906033959A
- Case key
- 22913
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Probable cause
A loose fuel line connection, due to inadequate maintenance, which resulted in fuel starvation. Factors related to the accident were: darkness and the obstructions (hay bale & approach light pole) in the emergency landing area.
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
During a visual apch to land at night, the eng lost power at about 400' AGL. The plt said the landing lights provided sufficient lighting to land safely, but he was unable to see hay bales or an apch light pole in the emergency landing area in time to avoid them. Subsequently, the acft was damaged by a hay bale & the light pole. The acft had been svcd with 87 gal of fuel, which was sufficient for the 3 hr & 25 min flt. However, an exam revealed the fuel tanks were nearly empty. A further exam revealed that the fuel line from the firewall to the eng was only finger tight at the connection with the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732XW
- Reported as
- Cessna 210P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P210-00597
- Airframe hours
- 906
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl R. Messer
- Registered owner
- Tlcp Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1987 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- EVV · Evansville, IN
- Destination
- PWA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PWA · Wiley Post
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 519 in this make and model · 1,629 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 150° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWA, 1 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.