# NTSB MIA82DA030: Cessna 210L, N94252, Cocoa, FL, January 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: January 3, 1982
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Location: 28.3766° N, 80.7633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cocoa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3766&lon=-80.7633&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70295
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70295/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA030

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94252-2013-06-14), registration cancelled 2013-06-14, S/N 21060562, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 210 060562
- Airframe hours: 1418
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820103000109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820103000109A), Jan 3, 1982: Cessna 210L, Cocoa, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit near destination. Crash-landed in a mangrove swamp. No engine defects found. Cause undetermined.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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