- Date
- October 2, 1990, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Everett, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8281MCessna T210K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41349
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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
Nearing the end of a cross country flight, the pilot reported he had the airport in sight and closed his flight plan when the engine lost power. The pilot notified the controller of the situation and was cleared for landing. Unable to reach the airport, the pilot diverted to another airstrip that was nearby. The airplane lost altitude and the pilot was forced to initiate a gear up landing in a corn field. During an engine inspection, the engine was torn down and no mechanical failures or malfunctions were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8281M
- Reported as
- Cessna T210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059281
- Airframe hours
- 4,054
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H1, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schuyler M. Bissell
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 9, 1989 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- Great Falls, MT
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 500 in this make and model · 760 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F