- Date
- May 7, 1978
- Place
- Tumwater, WA · TUMWATER, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5892FCessna 210G
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780507010379A
- Case key
- 142356
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1034 78/5/7 TUMWATER,WA CESSNA 210G CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 3000 TIME - 1315 N5892F PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLYMPIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELTON,WA OLYMPIA,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DEADSTICK APPROACH TO GOLF COURSE.L FUEL TANK CONTAINED 8GAL FUEL,R TANK EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5892F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Olympia
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.