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| NTSB Identification: CHI94LA075. The docket is stored in the (offline) NTSB Imaging System. |
| Accident occurred Monday, January 31, 1994 at CHESTERFIELD, MO |
| Aircraft: CESSNA 210L, registration: N810BP |
| Injuries: 1 Serious, 1 Minor |
| Event: 20001206X00613 Status: Final Report Approved On Friday, November 18, 1994 |
| NTSB Preliminary Narrative (6120.19A) |
| On January 31, 1994, at 1632 central standard time, a Cessna model 210 airplane, N810BP, sustained substantial damage following a reported |
| loss of engine power while on final approach to runway 26L at Spirit of Saint Louis Airport, Chesterfield, Missouri. The airplane landed in a field |
| approximately 700' short of the 7,000' long runway and nosed over. The private pilot/owner received minor injury; the other occupant, the pilot in |
| command and Certificated Flight Instructor(CFI), received serious injuries. The local flight operated without a flight plan in visual meteorological |
| conditions under 14 CFR Part 91. |
| According to the owner's statement, the airplane lost total engine power while on final approach to land. In an attempt to restart the engine, the |
| CFI switched to the left fuel tank, and pumped the throttle, but the engine would not restart. |
| Postaccident inspection of the airplane was unable to determine what amount of fuel was aboard at the time of the accident due to leakage and |
| rupture of the right tank. The owner reported 90 gallons of fuel was aboard when the airplane departed for the three and one-half hour flight. |
| The engine was removed from the airplane and mounted on a test stand for running. In preparation for the test run, substitute fuel and oil lines |
| were utilized. The engine started and ran without any observed anomalies. |
| NTSB Final Narrative (6120.4) |
| THE PASSENGER/OWNER ABOARD THE AIRPLANE REPORTED THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING. HE SAID THE PIC SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND PUMPED THE THROTTLE IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRPLANE AND PLACED ON A TEST STAND WHERE IT STARTED AND RAN WITHOUT ANY OBSERVED ANOMALIES. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 700' SHORT OF THE 7,000' RUNWAY. |
| NTSB Probable Cause Narrative |
| THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S POORLY PLANNED APPROACH. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN |
| UNDETERMINED REASON. |
| Occurrences and Sequence of Events |
| Occurrence: 1, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER |
| Phase of Operation: APPROACH - VFR PATTERN - FINAL APPROACH |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 1 |
| 1 ( Factor ) REASON FOR OCCURRENCE UNDETERMINED / / |
| Occurrence: 2, FORCED LANDING |
| Phase of Operation: DESCENT - EMERGENCY |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 2 |
| 1 ( Cause ) PLANNED APPROACH / POOR / PILOT IN COMMAND (CFI) |
| Occurrence: 3, IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN/WATER |
| Phase of Operation: DESCENT - EMERGENCY |
| Occurrence: 4, NOSE OVER |
| Phase of Operation: LANDING - FLARE/TOUCHDOWN |
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