- Date
- May 26, 1983, 00:35 local (05:35 UTC)
- Place
- Avon Park, FL
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6190NCessna 210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830526021079A
- Case key
- 30782
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
About 40 min after takeoff the plt reported he was having eng problems & requested radar vectors to the nearest arpt. He was given a 215 deg vector to Avon Park arpt, located about 11 mi sw. The plt stated he had the arpt in sight. Duringthe approach the acft hit tree tops at about 45 AGL & 700 ft NE of the approach end of rwy 4. No fuel was found in the acft's fuel system. According to the plt, he calculuted to have at least 23 gals of fuel remaining at the time the flt experienced fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6190N
- Reported as
- Cessna 210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062961
- Airframe hours
- 1,270
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Mccollum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1983 · 102 hours before
- Departed
- APF · Naples, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AVO · Avon Park, runway 22, 3,550 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,855 total · 4 in this make and model · 1,734 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 40 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.