- Date
- May 4, 1995, 09:12 local (14:12 UTC)
- Place
- Fabens, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2423SCessna 210J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950504047299A
- Case key
- 19592
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to water contamination of the fuel.
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 engine lost power while on initial takeoff climb at an altitude of 75 feet AGL. The airplane touched down of the runway, overran the end of the runway and nosed over after impacting a sand dune. Postaccident examination revealed water contamination of the aircraft fuel system.
Factual narrative
On May 4, 1995 at 0912 central daylight time, a Cessna 210J, N2423S, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Fabens, Texas. The instructor pilot and the commercial pilot receiving instruction were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the public use flight. A company VFR flight plan was in effect at the time of the accident.
According to the operator, the engine lost power while on initial takeoff climb at an altitude of 75 feet AGL. The airplane touched down on the runway, overran the end of the runway and nosed over after impacting a sand dune.
A post accident examination of the powerplant revealed that the loss of power was the result of water contamination of the aircraft fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2423S
- Reported as
- Cessna 210J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061275
- Airframe hours
- 2,936
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- U.S Border Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Destination
- E35
- Airport
- E35 · Fabens Airport, runway 8, 4,600 × 75 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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,766 total · 54 in this make and model · 7,620 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- 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.