# NTSB MIA84LA050: Cessna 210, N9510T, Ft. Myers, FL, December 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 23, 1983, 16:39 local (21:39 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Myers, FL
- Coordinates: 26.479097, -81.949928 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4791&lon=-81.9499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31069
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31069/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA050

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, takeoff
  - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,injector - corroded (cause)
  - maintenance - not performed (cause)
- Forced landing, maneuvering - turn to reverse direction
- Ditching, landing
  - terrain condition - water,glassy (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9510T-1998-03-17), registration cancelled 1998-03-17, S/N 57310 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57310
- Airframe hours: 2330
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831223063649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831223063649A), Dec 23, 1983: Cessna 210, Ft Myers, FL, Substantial damage. Engine lost partial power. Ditched in a river. Manifold screen blocked by corrosion from brass and aluminum contact

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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