- Date
- December 4, 1994, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7614KCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 38910
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons which resulted in a forced landing on 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
The pilot stated, '...as I was ready to turn base, the engine quit. I...attempted to restart the engine. When this was unsuccessful, I turned final and attempted to land. When I realized I would be short,...I veered ...right to give me room for landing in the field....' Postaccident examination revealed 30 and 15 gallons of fuel in the left and right fuel tanks respectively. The FAA inspector's reported, '...engine and engine components were field examined, no detectable discrepancies noted. Auxiliary fuel pump operational. No water noted in fuel tanks or fuel strainer....'
Factual narrative
On December 4, 1994, about 1320 eastern standard time, N761YK, a Cessna T210M, N761YK, was substantially damaged during a forced landed in Wadsworth, Ohio. The private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal, local flight, which departed from the Rickenbacker Airport, Columbus, Ohio. No flight plan was filed for the flight that was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In the NTSB form 6120.1/2, the pilot stated:
...As I was ready to turn base, the engine quit. I turned base and attempted to restart the engine. When this was unsuccessful, I turned final and attempted to land. When I realized I would be short and might hit the ditch 50 yards north of [the runway], I veered slightly to the right to give me room for landing in the field....The plane touched down in the soft dirt on the right wheel and the nose gear broke and the left wing then touched....
Postaccident examination by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Inspector revealed that the left and right fuel tanks had 30 and 15 gallons of fuel respectively. Additionally, the FAA Inspector reported:
...Engine and engine components were field examined, no detectable discrepancies noted. Auxiliary fuel pump operational. No water noted in fuel tanks or fuel strainer....
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7614K
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 62623
- Airframe hours
- 1,909
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frederick W. Fanning
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1994 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- LCK · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- 3G3
- Airport
- 3G3 · Wadsworth Municipal, runway 20, 3,536 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,648 total · 8 in this make and model · 1,518 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg