ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367149
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| Date: | Sunday 15 April 1990 |
| Time: | 13:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T210 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N761YK |
| MSN: | 21062623 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1762 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lafayette, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St Petersburg, FL (KPIE) |
| Chattanooga, TN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE FLIGHT WAS REPORTED AS ROUTINE UNTIL THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO A LOWER ALTITUDE. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE PILOT INFORMED THE APPROACH CONTROLLER OF AN ENGINE PROBLEM. HE WAS GIVEN RADAR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. AS THE PILOT TURNED FROM BASE TO FINAL, HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. A HIGH SINK RATE DEVELOPED AND THE FLIGHT CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE TYPICALLY RAN ONE FUEL TANK DRY BEFORE SWITCHING TANKS. IN THIS CASE, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND HE SELECTED THE OTHER TANK, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED A RESTART. THE ENGINE WAS FUEL INJECTED. REPORTEDLY, LOSS OF PRIME MAY HAVE RESULTED IN DIFFICULTY IN RESTARTING. THE PILOT WAS AWARE OF FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY MANAGE HIS FUEL SUPPLY, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL90LA097
History of this aircraft
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| 19 July 1985 | N761YK | Rodan Aviation | 0 | Kilgore, TX | |
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| 22-Mar-2024 08:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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