- Date
- July 17, 1989, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N761JACessna T210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890717023919A
- Case key
- 26447
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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Probable cause
Inadequat preflight planning/preparation and the improper flight planning/decisions, ie. Improper fuel consumption calculations, by the PIC.
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 airplane was on a ferry permit due to the complete loss of electrical system on a previous flight when the right landing gear did not extend and the airplane landed on its nose and left gear. After temporary repairs, 20 gallons of fuel were put in the left tank for a total of 35 gallons for the ferry flight. The right tank was empty. The ferry flight was being made with the gear down and without electrical power. When the airplane was very close to the destination airport, the engine ceased to produce power and during the forced landing in a field, the airplane impacted hard. Post accident inspection revealed no fuel in the tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761JA
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-62283
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Desert Aircraft Sales
- Registered owner
- Desert Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- P06 · Bullhead City, AZ
- Destination
- P10 · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- P10 · Municipal, runway 22, 4,395 × 30 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,230 total · 1,038 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.