- Date
- September 1, 1989, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- No. Windham, VT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2054SCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890901035239A
- Case key
- 36474
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to assure an adequate supply of fuel was available.
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 aircraft experienced an engine power loss in IFR weather conditions. While attempting to reach springfield and searching through cloud cover, he became aware of an airport and a golf course below. He lowered the landing gear intending to land at the airport. When it became apparent he could not reach the airport he landed on the golf course. The aircraft bounced & the nose gear separated. No fuel was on board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2054S
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061021
- Airframe hours
- 1,912
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L3, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George A. Little, M.D.
- Registered owner
- Upper Valley Flying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1989 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- GAI · Gaithersburg, MD
- Destination
- LEB · Lebanon, NH
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,138 total · 183 in this make and model · 929 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °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.