- Date
- January 15, 1990, 19:23 local (Jan 16, 1990, 01:23 UTC)
- Place
- Newton, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4589KCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900115000929A
- Case key
- 34879
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. Darkness and the resultant delay in flaring to land were related factors.
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 commercial rated pilot and his pilot rated passenger departed Newton airport for a night cross country flight to great bend, Kansas. The pilots reported they experienced a power loss at about 4500 ft on departure and made a landing in a cultivated milo field. Subsequent engine inspection failed to reveal any discrepancies with the engine that would preclude normal operation. Both outer wing tips were bent down due to a hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4589K
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000226
- Airframe hours
- 1,565
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Sanford Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1989 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- EWK · Newton, KS
- Destination
- GBD · Great Bend, KS
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,180 total · 70 in this make and model · 53 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 38 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.