- Date
- June 13, 1993, 11:48 local (18:48 UTC)
- Place
- Forest Grove, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8120GCessna T210K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930613018049A
- Case key
- 43036
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, resulting from inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the PIC.
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 lost engine power in cruise flight and the PIC initiated an emergency forced landing in a cultivated field. The acft struck power lines at the edge of the field on final approach, descended uncontrolled and impacted in the field. Exam of the wreckage revealed the fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8120G
- Reported as
- Cessna T210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059420
- Airframe hours
- 3,482
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Koch, Friedrich G.
- Registered owner
- Koch, Friedrich G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 200 hours before
- Destination
- 60S · Vancouver, 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 750 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIO, 6 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.
Other investigations on N8120G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.