- Date
- October 7, 1989, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5252ECessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891007039379A
- Case key
- 32590
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot, and fuel starvation, due to his improper positioning of the fuel selector.
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
Shortly after takeoff at an alt of about 100 ft, the eng lost power due to fuel starvation. The plt made a forced landing in a field. An exam of the airplane revealed the fuel selector was positioned to a tank that contained 1/2 gallon of fuel, which was not usable. The other tank contained 5 gallons of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5252E
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061875
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Willis, David H
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Destination
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- 23J · Herlong, runway 7, 4,000 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 762 total · 348 in this make and model · 636 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- NZC, 5 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 N5252E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.