- Date
- December 23, 1983, 16:39 local (21:39 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9510TCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831223063649A
- Case key
- 31069
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During tkof roll abt halfway down the rwy the plt noticed the acft was not accelerating normally. Aft liftoff he atmptd to return to the arpt however was forced to ditch the acft in the caloosahatche river due to a loss of pwr. Exam of the eng revealed that the fuel manifold had no valid part number and that its fuel divider block contained a brass screen that was abt 50 percent blocked by corrosion products. Conductivity tests showed that its aluminum housing was not anodized for anti-corrosion treatment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9510T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57310
- Airframe hours
- 2,330
- Engine
- Continental IO-470E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edith & Kaye Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1982 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- FMY · Ft. Myers, FL
- Airport
- FMY · Page Field, runway 31, 4,998 × 150 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 576 total · 300 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 2 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.