# NTSB MIA86LA180: Cessna 210N, N6603C, Jacksonville, FL, June 12, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 12, 1986, 06:22 local (10:22 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31653
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA180
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31653/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA180

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ENG FAILED & A FORCED LDG WAS PERFORMED IN A FIELD. DURING THE LDG ROLL-OUT, THE ACFT STRUCK A FENCE. AN ON-SCENE EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE TANKS AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FOREIGN MATTER WITHIN THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE ENG WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TEST RUN ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS & THE ENG PERFORMED NORMALLY. THE REASON FOR THE ENG FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6603C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063927
- Airframe hours: 3666
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Top Flight, Inc.
- Registered owner: Theodore J. Couch
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 9, 1986, 13 hours before
- Departed: TPA, TAMPA, FL
- Destination: JAX, JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,248 total, 60 in this make and model, 3,100 as pilot in command, 172 in the last 90 days, 60 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JAX, 13 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 19860612070589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860612070589A), Jun 12, 1986: Cessna T210N, Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. Engine failed inflight. Pilot landed plane in an open field. No cause for the power loss could be determined.

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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