# NTSB SEA88LA117: Cessna 210G, N5923F, Bend, OR, June 25, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 24, 1988, 18:40 local (Jun 25, 1988, 01:40 UTC)
- Place: Bend, OR
- Coordinates: 44.069915, -121.250045 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0699&lon=-121.2500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40836
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40836/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA117

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - pressure induced by others, passenger (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ON ARRIVAL IN AREA OF PLANNED FUEL STOP, PAX DID NOT FEEL WELL. PLT DETERMINED THAT ADEQUATE FUEL REMAINED TO CONTINUE TO FINAL DESTINATION. HOWEVER, EXHAUSTION OCCURRED 8 MILES SHORT OF DESTINATION. PLT DIVERTED FROM INITIAL FORCED LNDG SITE (ROAD) DUE OBSTRUCTIONS AND COLLIDED WITH TREES SHORT OF AN OPEN FIELD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5923F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5923F-1989-03-02), registration cancelled 1989-03-02, S/N 21058923 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- Registry model: [Cessna 210G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (registry code 2073430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058923
- Airframe hours: 4045
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James R. Haring
- Registered owner: Twenty Three Foxtrot, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 8, 1988, 97 hours before
- Departed: RAP, RAPID CITY, SD
- Destination: SUNRIVER, OR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 930 total, 550 in this make and model, 870 as pilot in command, 97 in the last 90 days, 61 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RDM, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880624023789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880624023789A), Jun 24, 1988: Cessna 210G, Bend, OR, Destroyed. Overflew refueling stop and ran out of fuel en route. Struck trees short of an open field on the forced landing.

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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