- Date
- July 23, 1989, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hannibal, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N69DMCessna T210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890723024729A
- Case key
- 34836
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Probable cause
Fuel starvation for undetermined reasons which resulted in a forced landing and subsequent collision with trees.
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
While on a VFR cross country flight, the pilot said he encountered adverse weather and returned to Hannibal, Missouri, to land. On downwind leg, the engine quit, and an emergency landing was attempted. The acft collided with trees adjacent to the airport and was substantially damaged. Post accident examination revealed the fuel lines and sumps to be empty of fuel. No measurable fuel was found in the fuel tanks after the crash; however, extensive damage to both wings precluded any determination of quantity of fuel remaining on board. Refueling had been accomplished at the pilot's last stop, about 120 miles away. Cause of the fuel starvation could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69DM
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T2100353
- Airframe hours
- 3,160
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoole, Robert F.
- Registered owner
- Hoole, Robert F
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1988 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- CHI · Chillicothe, MO
- Destination
- BFR · Bedford, IN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HAE · Hannibal, runway 17, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 52 in this make and model · 222 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UIN, 20 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.