- Date
- February 25, 1985, 19:43 local (Feb 26, 1985, 00:43 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6803BCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850225006709A
- Case key
- 31231
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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.
Analysis
The acft crashed & burned while attempting to return to the arpt after the pilot reported a power loss shortly after takeoff. A post crash exam of the engine did not reveal any evidence to suggest any failure or malfunction prior to impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6803B
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062835
- Airframe hours
- 4,190
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Tampa Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1984 · 145 hours before
- Departed
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Airport
- JAX · Jacksonville Int'L, runway 25, 8,000 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,850 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 1 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.