# NTSB NYC88LA066: Cessna 210, N94064, Stowe, VT, January 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 17, 1988, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Stowe, VT
- Location: 44.4672° N, 72.6838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stowe, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4672&lon=-72.6838&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36084
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36084/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA066

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE CESSNA 210 TOOK OFF AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN A GROVE OF TREES. ON-SCENE EXAMINATION BY THE FAA SHOWED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE LEFT TANK. THE LEFT TANK WAS EMPTY AND THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE ASSOCIATED FUEL LINES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94064](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94064-1991-04-02), registration cancelled 1991-04-02, S/N 21060493 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21060493
- Airframe hours: 2370
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-H 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Sea Air Associates
- Registered owner: Sea Air Associates
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 9, 1987, 100 hours before
- Departed: MVL, MORRISVILLE, VT
- Destination: PWM, PORTLAND, ME
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MVL, Stowe-State, runway 1, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 4,250 total, 50 in this make and model, 4,015 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 600 ft broken
- Temperature: 36 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880117000819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880117000819A), Jan 17, 1988: Cessna 210L, Morrisville, VT, Substantial damage. Pilot reported engine quit on climbout. Crashed in a farm field. Report marked no defects. Filed IFR but not rated.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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