- Date
- December 26, 1992, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Coleman, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5159QCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921226051749A
- Case key
- 18631
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the unsuitable 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
During a practice NDB approach the private pilot experienced a loss of engine power. He realized that he would not be able to land at the airport so he elected to land at the only available area, an open field. During the landing roll the nose gear sank into the soft ground and the airplane nosed over to the inverted position. The cause of the loss of engine power could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5159Q
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059659
- Airframe hours
- 2,058
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cochran, William P.
- Registered owner
- Cochran, William P.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 23, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Montrose, AR
- Destination
- COM
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 275 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.