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| NTSB Identification: ATL99LA062. The docket is stored in the (offline) NTSB Imaging System. |
| Accident occurred Tuesday, March 30, 1999 at OPA LOCKA, FL |
| Aircraft: Cessna 210, registration: N93111 |
| Injuries: 1 Uninjured |
| Event: 20001205X00266 Status: Final Report Approved On Thursday, June 22, 2000 |
| NTSB Preliminary Narrative (6120.19A) |
| On March 30, 1999, at 0300 eastern standard time, a Cessna 210, N93111, collided with the ground and several approach lights at the Miami |
| Opa Locka Airport in Opa Locka, Florida. The air taxi flight operated as Flight Express 407 under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with an |
| instrument flight plan and clearance. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The commercial pilot was not injured; the |
| airplane sustained substantial damage. The positioning flight departed Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 0245. |
| The pilot reported that, as he established an approach and landing profile for runway 12 at Opa Locka, and when the throttle was reduced to |
| idle, the engine lost power. Efforts by the pilot to restore full power failed. When the pilot retracted the wing flaps, the airplane developed a sink |
| rate. The pilot continued the final approach and the airplane collided with the ground 300 feet short of the runway surface. |
| During the post-accident wreckage examination, several gallons of fuel were recovered from the fuel system. Examination of the airplane failed |
| to disclose a mechanical problem. The engine assembly was subsequently started and operated on the airframe. The engine operated through |
| the entire power range. No mechanical problems were noted with the engine during the operational check. |
| NTSB Final Narrative (6120.4) |
| The pilot established an approach and landing profile for a full stop landing. The engine lost power when the throttle was reduced to idle. Efforts |
| by the pilot to restore full power failed. When the pilot retracted the wing flaps, the airplane developed a sink rate. The pilot continued the final |
| approach and the airplane collided with the ground 300 feet short of the runway surface. During the post-accident wreckage examination, |
| several gallons of fuel were recovered from the fuel system. Examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem. The engine |
| assembly was subsequently started and operated on the airframe. The engine operated through the entire power range. No mechanical |
| problems were noted with the engine during the operational check. |
| NTSB Probable Cause Narrative |
| The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. |
| Occurrences and Sequence of Events |
| Occurrence: 1, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER |
| Phase of Operation: APPROACH |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 1 |
| 1 (Finding) REASON FOR OCCURRENCE UNDETERMINED / / |
| Occurrence: 2, FORCED LANDING |
| Phase of Operation: DESCENT - EMERGENCY |
| Occurrence: 3, IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN/WATER |
| Phase of Operation: EMERGENCY DESCENT/LANDING |
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