- Date
- January 3, 1982
- Place
- Cocoa, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N94252Cessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820103000109A
- Case key
- 70295
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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
Upon arriving in the vicinity of the destination airport the pilot started to reduce power in preparation for the descent when he observed that the engine experienced a power loss. All attempts made to restore power on the engine were to no avail and the pilot was forced to make a landing on a river bank bordered with mangrove trees. Examination of the engine failed to reveal any evidence of preimpact malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94252
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210 060562
- Airframe hours
- 1,418
- Engine
- Continental IO-520L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cloe Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cloe Inc.
- Departed
- Dunn Airpark, FL
- Destination
- Merritt Island, FL
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 755 total · 17 in this make and model · 640 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIX, 7 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.