- Date
- August 7, 1986, 12:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Stibnite, ID
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7459ECessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860807038339A
- Case key
- 40465
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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
The pilot executed a steep, reduced power descent into the destination airstrip. He then reported that when he attempted to reduce the rate of descent with a power application, the engine did not respond. There was no evidence of any mechanical malfunction with the powerplant and there was no indication that the pilot had applied power nor cleared the engine during the descent. The long, power off descent is believed to have cold soaked the engine resulting in poor engine response during the return of power. The pilot's failure to insure sufficient altitude at the commencement of the approach and/or raise the gear after the power loss resulted in the aircraft landing short of the intended runway. His unfamiliarity with the airstrip and its associated mountainous terrain as well as the high density altitude conditions contributed to the aircraft landing short.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7459E
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57159
- Airframe hours
- 3,085
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard A. Fenster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1U1 · Moose Creek, ID
- Destination
- S81 · Indian Creek, ID
- Airport
- S81 · Indian Creek Usfs, runway 4, 5,000 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 615 total · 172 in this make and model · 558 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Observed at
- MYL, 43 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.