- Date
- June 9, 1992, 01:48 local (06:48 UTC)
- Place
- Panama City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5123QCessna T210L
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920609019129A
- Case key
- 33098
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to enrich the mixture control during descent, resulting in loss of engine power, and his improper engine restart procedure which resulted in his being unable to get the engine started prior to an off airport landing.
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 plt said a dscnt fm 21,000' to 2500' was made at idle pwr. He stated he believes he had put the mixture to rich drg dscnt. While adding pwr to intercept the glideslope, the prop sounded as if it ran away. He concluded an eng failure occurred, placed the elec boost pump on hi & atmtd a restart. The eng fired svrl times, but did not start. A forced lndg was made in a tree farm & the acft nosed over. After the acdnt, fuel stains were fnd on the tops of each wing nr the fuel caps; large areas of dirt under the wings smelled of fuel. After rcvry, a fuel supply was connected; then the eng was started; it operd with no evidence of failure or malfunction. The prop & prop governor were inspected with no abnormalities fnd. The acft handbook stated the mixture should be placed to rich for all idle power dscnts. Handbook also stated that while restarting the eng in flt, the elec boost pump should be operd on hi for 2-3 sec, then psnd to low. If left on hi, the eng would flood, which would be indcd by the eng firing svrl times, but not starting.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5123Q
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059623
- Airframe hours
- 2,067
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R-CH, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Blankenship, Lewis S.
- Registered owner
- Blankenship, Lewis S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1991 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- ADS · Addison, TX
- Destination
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,875 total · 201 in this make and model · 2,148 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAM, 17 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.