ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357490
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| Date: | Friday 26 April 1996 |
| Time: | 21:54 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 210 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9432T |
| MSN: | 57232 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3570 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Knoxville, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Altoona, PA (KAOO) |
| (KDKX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a long descent to a straight-in landing approach, the engine quit. Appropriate emergency procedures were applied by the pilot without successfully restarting the engine. The pilot's flight planning indicated that fuel remained in the tanks, which was discovered during the wreckage examination. He also stated that he believed the engine starved of fuel because of unporting fuel from the tank pickup tube during the slipped descent, referencing a Cessna safety supplement on the subject. During the post accident examination of the engine, no fuel was found in the gascolator.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to heed known operating information by not correcting the flight attitude to prevent fuel unporting during a prolonged slipped descent.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL96LA081
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 18:28 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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