ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 375937
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Date: | Saturday 9 November 1985 |
Time: | 19:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 210M |
Owner/operator: | Key Bellevilles, Inc. |
Registration: | N6629B |
MSN: | 21062803 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Butler, PA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Pittstown, NJ (N40) |
Destination airport: | Butler, PA |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT HAD FLOWN TO NEW JERSEY, DROPPED OFF A PASSENGER AND WAS RETURNING TO BUTLER, PA, WHEN A PWR LOSS OCCURRED. THE ENG FAILED ON BASE TO FINAL TO RWY 26 WHEN THE POSITION OF THE MIXTURE WAS CHANGED TO THE RICH POSITION. THE PLT STALLED THE ACFT INTO TREES DURING THE FORCED LANDING. THE ACFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE BUT THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE LEFT WING FUEL SUPPLIES WERE RUPTURED AT THE WING ROOT AND NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT WING TANK. THE RIGHT WING TANK WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRFRAME AND THE INTEGRAL FUEL TANK HAD ABOUT 5 GALLONS OF FUEL AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF CONTAMINATION. FUEL RESERVOIR TANKS FEEDING THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVES HAD NO FUEL.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC86LA032 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC86LA032
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