- Date
- July 23, 1987, 17:50 local (Jul 24, 1987, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Bellevue, WA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5768JCessna T210K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870723080759A
- Case key
- 40664
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Analysis
After tkof, the plt leveled at about 1500' & adjusted the pwr to a low cruise setting. A short time later, the eng bgn missing & subsequently lost all pwr. The plt followed the emerg procedures, but was unable to restart the eng. He manuevered the acft to land on a golf course, but delayed extending the landing gear to clear over pwr lines & trees. After clearing the obstructions, he lowered the gear switch, but the acft touched down before the gear was fully extended. A check of the eng revealed the magnetos were not providing ignition. Evidence of carbon tracking was present in both magnetos. When the magnetos were checked, a spark was observed arcing across the magneto bars. The manufacturer recommended the magnetos (slick model 622R) be serviced each 500 hrs. The mags in this acft had a total flt time of 556 hrs since installation.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5768J
- Reported as
- Cessna T210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-59468
- Airframe hours
- 3,277
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Juliett Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1987
- Departed
- RTN · Renton, WA
- Destination
- S19 · Friday Harbor, WA
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,860 total · 58 in this make and model · 2,054 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.