# NTSB MIA82FA035: Cessna 210, N3318S, Orlando, FL, January 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 20, 1982, 21:15 local (Jan 21, 1982, 02:15 UTC)
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72106
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82FA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72106/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FA035

## 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
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel tank selector position - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - emergency procedure - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel boost pump selector position - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PASSENGER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH BOTH FUEL TANKS INDICATING ABOUT 1/4 FULL. AT 2113 THE PILOT REPORTED TO HERNDON TOWER THAT HE HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE. ACCORD TO THE SURVIVING PASSENGER, THE ONLY THING HE SAW THE PILOT DO AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT WAS TO PUMP THE THROTTLE SEVERAL TIMES. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN LAKE BARTON ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 25. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINED 1/2 GALLON AND THE LEFT 12 GALLONS OF 100LL FUEL. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND ON THE LEFT MAIN TANK AND THE BOOST PUMP WAS FOUND IN THE OFF POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3318S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059118
- Airframe hours: 3048
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gregory J. Stephans
- Registered owner: Gregory J. Stephans
- Departed: FT. PIERCE, FL
- Destination: ORLANDO, FL
- Airport: ORL, Herndon, runway 25, 5,998 × 150 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, invalid medical for flight; flight hours: 364 total, 41 in this make and model, 218 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORL

## 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 19820120001399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820120001399A), Jan 20, 1982: Cessna 210J, Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final. Unable restart. Ditched in a lake. Indicates fuel starvation from fuel mismanagement.

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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