- Date
- October 28, 1990, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Laramie, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4981CCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901028047119A
- Case key
- 41356
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot did not properly set the mixture control.
Analysis
At the end of a cross country flight, while on final appoach, the pilot applied power to the engine, however, the engine did not respond. The airplane descended and collided with trees short of the runway. The engine was examined and test run. During the run, there were no noted mechanical failures or malfunctions.
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
- N4981C
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 63699
- Airframe hours
- 3,378
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pilot Center
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 28, 1990 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- CYS · Cheyenne, WY
- Airport
- LAR · General Brees Fld, runway 21, 7,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 421 total · 6 in this make and model · 367 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.