- Date
- October 16, 1988, 19:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Collegeville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N400JLCessna P210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881016047359A
- Case key
- 36323
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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 rprtd that as he was arriving to land, he entered left traffic & moved the fuel selector to the fullest tank. Shortly after moving the fuel selector, the eng lost power as though it was fuel starved. He said he operated the fuel boost pump & switched fuel tanks while attempting to restart the eng, but to no avail. He said he sought to avoid nearby houses & tried to land in a clearing. Subsequently, the left wing struck the corner of a house, then the acft crashed & burned. No preimpact mechanical problem was found; however, the acft was extensively damaged by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400JL
- Reported as
- Cessna P210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000412
- Airframe hours
- 1,733
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Jem Start,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jem Start, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1988 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- ELZ · Wellsville, NY
- Destination
- N10
- Airport
- N10 · Perkiomen, runway 9, 2,883 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 854 total · 96 in this make and model · 615 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.