# NTSB MIA82DA144: Cessna 210N, N6392Y, Pensacola, FL, June 28, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1982, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Coordinates: 30.439893, -87.179862 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4399&lon=-87.1799&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72189
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA144
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72189/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA144

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18, AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 250 TO 300 FEET. UNABLE TO RESTORE POWER THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WHEELS-UP IN AN OPEN FIELD ABOUT 1/4 MILE NORTH OF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. AN EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED NO FUEL DOWNSTREAM OF THE SELECTOR VALVE WHICH WAS FOUND IN THE OFF POSITION. WHEN THE SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED TO THE RIGHT TANK THE ENGINE STARTED AND RAN SMOOTHLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6392Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6392Y-1990-10-15), registration cancelled 1990-10-15, S/N 21064361 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Registry model: [Cessna 210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (registry code 2073453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 210-64361
- Airframe hours: 216
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ferguson Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner: Ferguson Flying Service, Inc.
- Departed: PNS, PENSACOLA, FL
- Destination: 82J, FERGUSON, FL
- Airport: 82J, Ferguson, runway 18, 2,600 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,574 total, 96 in this make and model, 2,116 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature: 189 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PNS, 10 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 19820628029519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820628029519A), Jun 28, 1982: Cessna 210N, Pensacola, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final approach. Aircraft crashed short of runway. Fuel tanks had 7 1/2 gallons in each tank.

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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