- Date
- April 30, 1984, 20:45 local (May 1, 1984, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93186Cessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840430024839A
- Case key
- 39910
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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
According to the plt's calculations, the acft should have had enough fuel on board for 8.4 hrs of flt. However, after about 5.6 hrs of flt time, the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion. The acft was damaged during a wheels-up landing. The plt said that the left fuel gage was not working, so he used fuel from that tank 1st, then selected the right fuel tank. During the last 15 to 20 min of flt, the right fuel gage showed a rapid decrease of the fuel. The eng lost power after the right fuel gage decreased to zero. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93186
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060299
- Airframe hours
- 6,818
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Aero Sport
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 29, 1984 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- PDT · Pendleton, OR
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 60S · Pearson Air Park
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,541 total · 59 in this make and model · 1,411 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 15 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.