- Date
- December 22, 1992, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Allen, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4629QCessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921222051089A
- Case key
- 18628
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper fuel tank selection and the subsequent loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain.
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
Following a descending turn from downwind to base the pilot added power, however, the engine did not respond. He switched tanks from the left to the right and turned the fuel boost pump on, this had no effect on engine power and the pilot then reselected the left tank. The pilot executed a forced landing to an open field. During the forced landing the airplane landed hard and during the landing roll the airplane nose gear collapsed in the soft earth, causing the airplane to nose over to the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4629Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059529
- Airframe hours
- 1,768
- Engine
- Continental IO-520L, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Precision Biomedical
- Registered owner
- Precision Biomedical
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 6, 1992 · 111 hours before
- Departed
- ADS · Addison, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 283 total · 137 in this make and model · 211 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 200° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADS, 12 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.