- Date
- November 9, 1985, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6629BCessna 210M
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851109058279A
- Case key
- 30263
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt had flown to new jersey, dropped off a passenger and was returning to Butler, PA, when a pwr loss occurred. The eng failed on base to final to rwy 26 when the position of the mixture was changed to the rich position. The plt stalled the acft into trees during the forced landing. The acft received substantial damage but there was no fire. The left wing fuel supplies were ruptured at the wing root and no fuel was found in the left wing tank. The right wing tank was still attached to the airframe and the integral fuel tank had about 5 gallons of fuel and showed no signs of contamination. Fuel reservoir tanks feeding the fuel selector valves had no fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6629B
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062803
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Key Bellevilles, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bob Key
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- N40 · Pittstown, NJ
- Destination
- Butler, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Butler
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 779 total · 36 in this make and model · 544 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.