- Date
- October 10, 1992, 17:03 local (Oct 11, 1992, 00:03 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Park, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1840FCessna 210F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921010041559A
- Case key
- 27843
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to adequately detect water contamination in the airplane's fuel system during preflight.
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 pilot was conducting a maintenance test flight following an annual inspection and replacement of two cylinders. Shortly after takeoff the engine lost power. A forced landing was made to a highway and the airplane collided with 2 moving motor vehicles. Examination of the engine revealed evidence of water in the cylinders. The airplane had been sitting for several months without the fuel tanks topped off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1840F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 58740
- Airframe hours
- 3,024
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Child, Michael T
- Registered owner
- Child, Michael T
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Destination
- FUL
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton Municipal, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 ft
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 1 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FUL, 1 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.
Other investigations on N1840F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.