- Date
- January 4, 1991, 23:25 local (Jan 5, 1991, 04:25 UTC)
- Place
- Lutz, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N823ARCessna 210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910104008669I
- Case key
- 32771
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Probable cause
Fuel line chafing, and in-flight fire caused by shorting of the electrical system which resulted in a forced landing with the landing gear not extended.
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 while climbing through 1,000 ft, the plt reported an electrical fire & partial loss of eng power. He was unable to extend the landing gear using the normal & emergency method due to hydraulic fluid loss from fire damaged hydraulic lines. With the gear off the uplocks but not down & locked, the plt landed the acft on a road. Exam of the acft revealed that a fuel line which exits the fuel strainer located in the nose landing gear wheel well had a pin-size hole due to chafing of an electrical wire bundle which crosses the line. As a result, the insulation covering the wires was damaged & fuel which contacted the wires was ignited.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N823AR
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062661
- Airframe hours
- 7,856
- Engine
- Continental IO 520L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Cherokee Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 20, 1990 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- TPA · Tampa, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 3,100 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 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.
Other investigations on N823AR · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.