- Date
- June 14, 1985, 20:55 local (Jun 15, 1985, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- Linden, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N732VUCessna 210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850614026539A
- Case key
- 35891
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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
During the preflt inspection, the plt visually checked the fuel tanks and determined them to be full. The flt was made with the fuel selector on the left wing tank. During the apch to Linden arpt, the eng stopped operating. The plt attempted to restart the eng, however, he was unable to do so. During the restart attempts, the plt did not switch to right fuel tank. During an inspection of the acft the following day, aprx 29 gallons of fuel were drained from the right tank. According to the plt, the left fuel gage was serviced recently and failed in flt indicating fuel throughout the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732VU
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061816
- Airframe hours
- 1,717
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Bijur
- Registered owner
- John Bijor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1985
- Departed
- LDJ · Linden, NJ
- Airport
- Linden
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 520 total · 35 in this make and model · 348 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.