- Date
- January 7, 1987, 11:48 local (16:48 UTC)
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6184RCessna T210F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870107035099A
- Case key
- 31747
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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
Plt/owner was informed by mechanics that the acft fuel tanks had water contamination on two occurrences prior to test flights. The plt reported he ahd had water contamination and believed the fuel caps were leaking. New caps were ordered to be installed at the nest annual inspecion. Prior to the new caps being installed the acft sat out in rain. The plt drained the fuel tank sump drains and then departed on a flight. Shortly after takeoff the engine sputtered and quit and the acft collided with power lines while attempting a forced ldg. Post crash inspection revealed the engine fuel system to contain water. The fuel tank caps were found to have deteriorated seals and leaking and the fuel resevoir tanks were found to have screw in plugs rather than quick drain plugs. The fuel strainer and mixture control valve finger screen were found to have a substantial amount of corrosion build up. No wrinkles were found in the fuel tank bladders. Drg the lng slide the front of the acft entered the water of the ochlocknee river with the tail on the river b
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6184R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T210-0084
- Airframe hours
- 1,657
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C1B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brown & Brown Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 1986 · 144 hours before
- Destination
- SGJ · St.Augustine, FL
- Airport
- 68J · Tallahassee Commerical, runway 34, 3,000 × 50 ft, water
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 144 in this make and model · 750 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 10 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.