Plane Crash List

Cessna 210M N8193M

21 October 1987 · Jacksonville, Florida, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 21 October 1987 at about 01:06 local time, a Cessna 210M registered N8193M, operated by Tampa Airways, was involved in an accident near Jacksonville, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 01:06
Classification
Accident
Location
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Coordinates
30.2802, -81.5807
Aircraft
Cessna 210M
Registration
N8193M
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Tampa Airways
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Tampa → Jacksonville
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
MIA88FA012

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 1 0 0

Probable cause

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

DURING A PART 135 ON-DEMAND AIR TAXI CARGO FLT, THE PLT REPORTED AN ENG MALFUNCTION WHEN THE ACFT WAS APRX 15 MILES SW OF THE ARPT WHILE ON APCH TO LAND. THE FLT CONTINUED & THE PLT THEN REPORTED THAT THE ENG QUIT & THE FLT WAS 5 MILES SW OF THE ARPT. A SEARCH & RESCUE HELICOPTER WHICH HAD JUST LANDED AT THE ARPT FLEW TOWARDS THE ACFT TO OFFER ASSISTANCE, & DUE TO THE DARK NIGHT CONDITION SPOTTED & GUIDED IT TOWARDS A SUITABLE LANDING LOCATION. WHILE DESCENDING THE ACFT FLEW BETWEEN TWO TREES WHICH SEVERED A 1 1/2 FT SECTION OF EACH WINGTIP. AS THE ACFT CONTINUED THE LEFT WING COLLIDED WITH A TREE. THE ACFT SPUN TO THE LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN. AFTER THE PLT EVACUATED THE ACFT, IT WAS CONSUMED BY POSTCRASH FIRE. POSTCRASH EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT IT SEIZED DUE TO OIL EXHAUSTION. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE REASON FOR OIL EXHAUSTION. EVIDENCE OF OIL LEAKAGE WAS FOUND ON THE FUSELAGE BUT NO SOURCE OF THE LEAK WAS FOUND. THE OIL FILLER CAP WAS FOUND PROPERLY SECURED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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