# NTSB MIA08CA046: Cessna Citation 510, N13616, Pittsburgh, PA, December 19, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: December 19, 2007, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC) - Place: Pittsburgh, PA - Coordinates: 40.354442, -79.930274 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9303&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 31, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 67424 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA08CA046 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67424/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA046 ## Probable cause The flight crew's inadequate preflight, which failed to detect the blockage of the left wing's fuel vent port. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise - aircraft preflight - inadequate, flightcrew (cause) - fuel system,vent - blocked(total) - wing,skin - collapsed ## Analysis The following information was provided to the Federal Aviation Administration by the Cessna Aircraft Company. The flight crew accepted the newly purchased airplane at the Independence Municipal Airport, Independence, Kansas, which departed on a ferry flight to Croatia. During cruise, a low fuel pressure annunciation was observed. A visual inspection with the airplane's wing inspection lights was conducted; the airplane's left wing upper skin was compressed aft of the center spar and forward of the aft spar. The flight was diverted to Allegheny County Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and landed without an incident. Upon a ground inspection of the left wing, the left wing's fuel vent had been covered with a temporary vinyl applique used to cover the permanently painted Croatian registration numbers during the ferrying of the aircraft. The vinyl was to remain on the wings until the aircraft reached its destination where the Croatian registration would be revealed. The airplane's preflight checklist, exterior inspection, step 6, right wing, item "h" and step 11, left wing, item "C", both state "Fuel Tank Vent ---------Clear". ## Factual narrative The following information was provided to the Federal Aviation Administration by the Cessna Aircraft Company. The flight crew accepted the newly purchased airplane at the Independence Municipal Airport, Independence, Kansas, which departed from there on a ferry flight to Croatia. During cruise, a low fuel pressure annunciation was observed. A visual inspection with the airplane's wing inspection lights was conducted; the airplane's left wing upper skin was compressed aft of the center spar and forward of the aft spar. The flight was diverted to Allegheny County Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which it landed without an incident. Upon a ground inspection of the left wing, the left wing's fuel vent had been covered with a temporary vinyl applique used to cover the permanently painted Croatian registration numbers during the ferrying of the aircraft. The vinyl was to remain on the wings until the aircraft reached its destination where the Croatian registration would be revealed. The airplane's preflight checklist, exterior inspection, step 6, right wing, item "h" and step 11, left wing, item "C", both state "Fuel Tank Vent ---------Clear". ## Aircraft - Registration: [N13616](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13616-2008-03-04), registration cancelled 2008-03-04, S/N 510-0049, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna Citation 510 - Registry model: [Cessna 510](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-510) (registry code 2076617) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F-A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw615f-a) (registry code 52282, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 510-0049 - Engines: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F turbo jet - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Ferry, Part 91 - Operator: Stjepan Ban - Registered owner: Globe Aero Ltd Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: KIDP, Independence, KS - Destination: Zagreb - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: KAGC, Alleghney County Airport ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Other flight crew; age 0; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; flight hours: 12,230 total, 1 in this make and model - Pilot ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 30.31 inHg ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Incident 20071219829309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071219829309I), Dec 19, 2007: Cessna 510, West Mifflin, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) At Cessna's manufacturing facility in independence, Kansas (idp), a new Cessna mustang CE-510, s/n 0049, N13616, aircraft was sold to spectator grupa, a… From the NTSB's public API. 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