- Date
- October 26, 1976
- Place
- Burlington, CT · BURLINGTON, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4985UCessna 210E
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761026037249A
- Case key
- 156786
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3683 76/10/26 BURLINGTON,CT CESSNA 210E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 588 TIME - 1705 N4985U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 313 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNNYCAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTFIELD,MA PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: MIXTURE CONTROL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CONTROL-MIXTURE,CESSNA P/N S1220-3, BROKE. FAA ADVY CIRCULAR 20-7N,INSPECTN,MOD AND/OR REPLACEMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4985U
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnnycake
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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.