ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363580
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 May 1992 |
| Time: | 12:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T210H |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N57AB |
| MSN: | T210-0374 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3447 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Boulder, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (1V5) |
| Longmont, CO (2V2) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT SAID HE TOOK OFF, RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR, AND CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 100 FEET WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR FOR AN ON AIRPORT FORCED LANDING. WHEN THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR HAD EXTENDED AND LOCKED BUT THE MAIN GEARS WERE ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION DISCLOSED THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP COULD NOT PRODUCE RATED PRESSURE AT HIGH POWER SETTINGS. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE UPPER DECK REFERENCE LINE DUE TO CHAFING AGAINST THE GENERATOR MOUNTING BRACKET.
Probable Cause: POWER LOSS DUE TO LOW FUEL PUMP PRESSURE AND A CHAFED UPPER DECK REFERENCE LINE. A FACTOR WAS: THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO A PARTIALLY EXTENDED MAIN LANDING GEAR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN92LA054
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 April 2006 | N57AB | 0 | Wells, Nevada | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 18:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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