- Date
- April 7, 1983, 23:50 local (Apr 8, 1983, 04:50 UTC)
- Place
- Avon, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59123Cessna 210L
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830407011709A
- Case key
- 35035
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Analysis
The acft collided with a tree and broke the nose landing gear during an emergency landing after electrical failure. After the failure, using matches and a flashlight, the plt tried to land but could not find the arpt. The weather was deteriorating so when a field that seemed suitable for landing appeared the crew decided to land. The acft had only beenoperated about 22 hours since the electrical system had been repaired after a charging problem was reported. After the accident the alternator and regulator were tested and found defective. Visual inspection of the alternator showed that both brush slip rings were gouged and grooved. One of the two wires attached to the slip ring terminal was not soldered as it should have been. This wire was losely bent around the terminal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59123
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060106
- Airframe hours
- 1,491
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Central, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 22, 1983 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Destination
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 120 in this make and model · 3,400 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BDL, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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