- Date
- June 21, 1994, 12:47 local (16:47 UTC)
- Place
- Bartow, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9992YCessna 210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940621015879A
- Case key
- 37564
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain a visual lookout during a forced landing resulting in an in-flight collision with wires. Contributing to the accident was the total loss of engine power due to the pilot's improper fuel consumption calculations, and unfamiliarity of the airplanes fuel system resulting in fuel exhaustion.
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 pilot-in-command was in cruise flight when he experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot initiated a forced landing and collided with wires on final approach. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot stated to the FAA that the loss of engine power was due to fuel exhaustion, and his lack of familiarity with the fuel system.
Factual narrative
On June 21, 1994, about 1247 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 210N, N9992Y, registered to Espirit Air Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight experienced a total loss of engine power in cruise flight. The private pilot made a forced landing to a field in the vicinity of Bartow, Florida, and collided with electrical guide wires on final approach. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight initially departed from Miamisburg, Ohio, at about 06:45 a.m. with an en route stop at Athens, Georgia. No fuel was purchased at Athens, Georgia. The flight departed Athens, Georgia, about 2 hours 47 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated to the FAA that he was not familiar with the fuel tank system or fuel tank switching procedure, and that he ran the airplane out of gas.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9992Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064662
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Esprit Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- AHN · Athens, GA
- 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,470 total · 1,150 in this make and model · 61 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOW, 25 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.