- Date
- April 2, 1980
- Place
- Clear Lake, IA · CLEAR LAKE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59168Cessna 210L
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800402007359A
- Case key
- 131489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1177 80/4/2 NR.CLEAR LAKE,IA CESSNA 210L CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1350 TIME - 1600 N59168 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MASON CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MASON CITY,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SEL VLV FOUND PSND TO EMPTY(R)TNK.PLT RPRTDR TANK FULL DRG PRE-FLT.DURN OF FLT-APRX 15MIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59168
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mason City
N59168Registration cancelled May 5, 2010 · Cessna 210LAirframe modelCessna 210LEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.