# NTSB SEA85LA157: Meyers 2000, N200AW, Reno, NV, July 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1985, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Reno, NV
- Location: 39.4991° N, 119.7681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/TAHOE INTL (RNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4991&lon=-119.7681&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40192
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40192/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA157

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

A LOSS OF PWR OCCURRED JUST AS THE ACFT WAS ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE ACFT WAS LANDED 650 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. THE REASON FOR THE PWR LOSS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED BY AN A & P MECHANIC. THE PLT DID NOT PLAN THE APCH ACCURATELY ENOUGH TO TOUCHDOWN ON ONE OF THE RWYS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N200AW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200AW-2012-08-22), registration cancelled 2012-08-22, S/N 383, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Meyers Aircraft Co. 2000
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 200D](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-200d) (registry code 0140312) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 383
- Airframe hours: 1281
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Elmer J. Whorton
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 2, 1984
- Departed: FLX, FALLEN, NV
- Destination: RNO, RENO, NV
- Airport: RNO, Reno, runway 34R, 9,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,416 total, 275 in this make and model, 1,316 as pilot in command, 85 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850706029549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850706029549A), Jul 6, 1985: Propjt 200D, Reno, NV, Substantial damage. Switched fuel tanks and engine quit in pattern. Landed short of runway and ran thru fence. Undetermined power loss.

## Other investigations on N200AW (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX95LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA070), Jan 2, 1995: Aero Commander 200D (N200AW), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: fuel starvation due to the pilot's failure to select a tank containing fuel.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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