ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376818
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Date: | Saturday 6 July 1985 |
Time: | 14:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 210MII |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N29008 |
MSN: | 21062486 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1994 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Detroit, MI -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Lansing, IL (3HA) |
Destination airport: | Detroit, MI (KDET) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT CONTACTED A TREE DURING A FORCED LANDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA FOLLOWING A LOSS OF PWR. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE RIGHT FUEL TANK CONTAINED FUEL AND THE LEFT TANK WAS DRY, THE LEFT WING FUEL VENT WAS INSTALLED BACKWARDS AND THE FUEL SELECTOR HAD 15 DEGS OF MOVEMENT WHEN A TANK WAS SELECTED. THE FUEL DISTRIBUTION VALVE, FUEL PUMP AND FUEL STRAINER WERE ALSO DRY. THE ENG OPERATED NORMALLY WHEN TESTED WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED ON THE RIGHT TANK.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI85LA276 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI85LA276
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