- Date
- May 28, 1987, 09:44 local (13:44 UTC)
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N121PLCessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870528021659A
- Case key
- 31917
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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 eng quit aprx 6 miles from the arpt. During the landing roll following the forced landing the nose gear collapsed & the acft collided with trees. Imspection of the acft revealed that the fuel selector was positioned to the left tank which did not contain enough fuel to sustain engine operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N121PL
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060179
- Airframe hours
- 1,620
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard A. Ruestman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1987
- Departed
- X29 · Carrabelle, FL
- Destination
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,408 total · 297 in this make and model · 1,234 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 6 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.
Other investigations on N121PL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.