- Date
- April 15, 1993, 11:59 local (17:59 UTC)
- Place
- Laurel, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9605YCessna T-210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930415012509A
- Case key
- 43011
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power from fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to ensure an adequate supply of fuel for the flt.
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 acft engine lost power during cruise on a cross country flt and the pilot initiated a forced landing. The acft impacted rough terrain with the landing gear retracted, substantially damaging the acft. Exam of the wreckage after the accident revealed no useable fuel in the acft fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9605Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T-210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064558
- Airframe hours
- 3,480
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Lynch Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Lynch Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 31, 1993 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 3U3 · Anaconda, MT
- Destination
- BIL · Billings, MT
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
- 67
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,900 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 10,600 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIL, 12 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.