- Date
- February 27, 1993, 11:18 local (18:18 UTC)
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2611SCessna T-210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930227003889A
- Case key
- 42992
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The loss on engine power from fuel exhaustion due to the inadequate preflt planning/preparation by the PIC and his failure to maintain proper airspeed during an emergency forced landing.
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
The pilot reduced power to begin a descent for landing and the engine quit. He initiated a forced landing and attempted to stretch the glide over powerlines to land in a field, resulting in inadequate airspeed for normal landing flare. The aircraft impacted soft snow covered terrain on the nose, collapsing the landing gear, and skidded 50 feet in mud. Exam of the wreckage revealed no fuel remaining in the left tank and 5 gallons in the right tank. The engine ran normally when tested after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2611S
- Reported as
- Cessna T-210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061339
- Airframe hours
- 2,430
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frisbey, Gordon K.
- Registered owner
- Frisbey, Gordon K.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 13, 1992 · 57 hours before
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 39 in this make and model · 301 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OGD, 5 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.