- Date
- November 5, 1982, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Near Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6545XCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821105057119A
- Case key
- 71899
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Analysis
About 15 minutes after takeoff the aircraft engine quit. All attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful and the pilot landed in the everglades swamp. Examination of the aircraft revealed that the fuel manifold valve, PN-631427-A15 was stuck in the closed position.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6545X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57545
- Airframe hours
- 2,343
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lovern Associates, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lovern Associates, Inc.
- Departed
- Near Miami, FL
- Destination
- Frostproof, 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 20,063 total · 110 in this make and model · 19,563 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6545X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.