- Date
- August 12, 1984, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Chinle, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29359Cessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840812065359A
- Case key
- 24370
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
At about 1400 MST, the plt took off. He climbed & leveled off at 8500 ft. he was using fuel from the right tank which ran dry, then he switched to the left tank. At that time, he thought he had 30 mins of fuel remaining. He decided to land at Chinle, AZ, & started a descent then the eng began to run rough. He leveled off in an attempt to reach Chinle, but the left tank ran dry. The plt decided to land on a dirt road, but delayed lowering the gear. The acft touched down before the gear was fully extended & the gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29359
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059858
- Airframe hours
- 31,778
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jim Sheppard, doing business as Gallup Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Gallup Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 3, 1984 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- 0V7 · Kayenta, AZ
- Destination
- GUP · Gallup, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,408 total · 33 in this make and model · 1,260 as pilot in command · 164 in the last 90 days · 59 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.