- Date
- July 11, 1990, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Renton, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4618KCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900711025289A
- Case key
- 41233
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. The cause of the accident was the pilot displayed poor inflight planning by not adequately following procedures or directives associated with fuel consumption.
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
During a pleasure flight, the pilot had just contacted the tower for landing when the engine suddenly quit. The pilot attempted an unsuccessful restart then initiated a forced landing. During the landing approach, the airplane contacted trees and shrub brush. During the on scene investigation, there was no fuel noted in the left wing nor was there evidence of fuel leakage. The right wing out board six feet of the tip had been broken away and fuel was noted leaking from the wing. The pilot stated that he had switched from the left fuel tank to the right minutes before the engine quit. During the engine inspection there were no noted mechanical failures or malfunctions except that the left magneto capacitor was not functioning when it was bench tested.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4618K
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000238
- Airframe hours
- 1,434
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kingland, Leroy D.
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1990 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- CLS · Chehaus, 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,120 total · 802 in this make and model · 1,033 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEA, 7 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.