Cessna 210L N93022

Summary

On 15 March 1987 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N93022 was involved in an accident near Jeffersontown, Kentucky, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 March 1987 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Jeffersontown, Kentucky, United States

Coordinates

38.1498, -85.5199

Aircraft

Cessna 210L

Registration

N93022

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Miami → Louisville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL87LA086

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

DURING IFR FLIGHT IN VFR CONDITIONS THE PILOT REPORTED LOW FUEL SITUATION TO APPROACH CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE VICINITY OF SEVERAL LIGHTED AIRPORTS AT THAT TIME. THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND MADE FORCED LANDING AT NIGHT IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHERE AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN OCCURRED. THE PILOT HAD FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM MIAMI TO KNOXVILLE. THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED IN THE KNOXVILLE AREA EARLIER THAN PLANNED AND THE PILOT DECIDED THAT SUFFICIENT FUEL REMAINED TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT TO LOUISVILLE. THE FUEL GAUGES INDICATED TWO HOURS RANGE FOR THE ONE HOUR FLIGHT. DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AT MAIMI THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS FILLED TO FILLER CAP; THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS FILLED TO A LEVEL THAT COULD BE FLET WITH FINGER TIPS. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.