# NTSB MIA88LA188: Cessna T210R, N6390U, Tampa, FL, June 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 9, 1988, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Coordinates: 28.000341, -82.510169 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0003&lon=-82.5102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32190
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA188
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32190/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA188

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - building(nonresidential)
  - object - wire,static

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT ON FINAL APCH TO TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HE REDUCED POWER, PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND, AS HE TRIED TO ADD POWER, NONE WAS AVAILABLE. DURING AN ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING, HE HIT THE TOP OF AN OFFICE TRAILER AND A GUY WIRE BEFORE COMING TO REST IN A ROADWAY. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION REVEALED APRX ONE QUART OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6390U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6390U-2013-08-12), registration cancelled 2013-08-12, S/N 21064950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210R
- Registry model: [Cessna T210R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210r) (registry code 2073459) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T210 64850
- Airframe hours: 1117
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSI0-520-CE 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Cessna Employees Flying Club
- Registered owner: Cessna Employees Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 27, 1988, 49 hours before
- Departed: ICT, WICHITA, KS
- Destination: TPA, TAMPA, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 606 total, 16 in this make and model, 606 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TPA, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880609023319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880609023319A), Jun 9, 1988: Cessna T210R, Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on final. Clipped top of an office trailer and a guy wire during forced landing on a road.

## Other investigations on N6390U (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA07FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07FA061), Feb 8, 2007: Cessna T210R (N6390U), Rexburg, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the contamination of the fuel manifold valve, and the pilot's continued operation of the airplane with known maintenance discrepancies.

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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