Cessna 210L N93V

Summary

On 19 April 1985 at about 23:35 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N93V was involved in an accident near Midland, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 April 1985 at 23:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Midland, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Midland (MDD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 210L

Registration

N93V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Birmingham → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW85LA193

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT ESTIMATED THAT THE DURATION OF FLT WOULD BE ABOUT 5 TO 5-1/2 HRS & THAT HE HAD APRX 7 HRS OF FUEL ON BOARD. HOWEVER, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED HEAD WINDS DURING THE FLT, & AS IT WAS APPROACHING THE DESTINATION, THE ENG LOST POWER AFTER APRX 6 HRS OF FLT. SUBSEQUENTLY, AN EMERG LANDING WAS MADE ABOUT 1 MI FROM THE ARPT. DURING THE LADNING, THE NOSEWHEEL HIT A CLUMP OF GRASS & SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE ACDNT. A FUEL LINE WAS BROKEN DURING IMPACT WHICH ALLOWED FUEL TO DRAIN; THEREFORE, THE EXACT AMOUNT OF FUEL ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACDNT COULD NOT BE VERIFIED. THE INVESTIGATOR ESTIMATED THAT 93.5 GAL OF FUEL WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED AT OPTIMUM CONDITIONS. THE ACFT'S FUEL CAPACITY WAS 90 GAL OF WHICH 1 GAL WAS UNUSABLE. THE PLT BELIEVED THERE WAS STILL USABLE FUEL ON BOARD WHEN THE ENG LOST POWER & SAID THAT HE HAD THE FUEL SELECTOR SET FOR THE FULLEST TANK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.