- Date
- December 16, 1990, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Warwick, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9480TCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901216054369A
- Case key
- 36860
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Probable cause
A power failure for undetermined reasons, resulting in a forced landing in unsuitable terrain.
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
While on a go around the airplane experienced a partial loss of engine power at an altitude of 50 feet AGL. The pilot made a forced landing in a marsh. The engine was test run and no discrepancies were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9480T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57280
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen Humble
- Departed
- MGJ · Montgomery, NY
- Airport
- N7Z · Warwick Municipal, runway 3, 2,150 × 25 ft
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 460 total · 280 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 271° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Observed at
- SWF, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.