- Date
- June 29, 1971
- Place
- Mt.Pleasant, IA · MT.PLEASANT, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4938UCessna 210E
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162338
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2985 71/6/29 NR.MT.PLEASANT,IOWA CESSNA 210E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 395 TIME - 0002 N4938U PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 353 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL PASO,TEX MADISON,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT DIDNT MAKE ENROUTE FUEL STOP DUE TAIL WINDS. NO USABLE FUEL FOUND IN SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4938U
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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