- Date
- September 30, 1988, 19:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kirkwood, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7457ECessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880930047059A
- Case key
- 36238
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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
The plt attempted to land at a private airport at night on an unlit rwy. A go-around was initiated and during the go-around the eng lost pwr. A gear up landing was made beyond the rwy. The investigation revealed water in the fuel system. The eng was run up after the accident and ran smoothly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7457E
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57157
- Airframe hours
- 2,741
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Garman
- Registered owner
- Garman, Charles C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1987 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- N14 · Lumberton, NJ
- Destination
- 5N5
- Airport
- 5N5 · Kirkwood, runway 33, 2,135 × 110 ft, grass/turf
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 760 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.