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| NTSB Identification: FTW95TA187. The docket is stored in the (offline) NTSB Imaging System. |
| Accident occurred Thursday, May 04, 1995 at FABENS, TX |
| Aircraft: CESSNA 210J, registration: N2423S |
| Injuries: 2 Uninjured |
| Event: 20001207X03478 Status: Final Report Approved On Friday, January 19, 1996 |
| NTSB Preliminary Narrative (6120.19A) |
| On May 4, 1995 at 0912 central daylight time, a Cessna 210J, N2423S, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Fabens, Texas. |
| The instructor pilot and the commercial pilot receiving instruction were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the public use |
| flight. A company VFR flight plan was in effect at the time of the accident. |
| According to the operator, the engine lost power while on initial takeoff climb at an altitude of 75 feet AGL. The airplane touched down on the |
| runway, overran the end of the runway and nosed over after impacting a sand dune. |
| A post accident examination of the powerplant revealed that the loss of power was the result of water contamination of the aircraft fuel system. |
| NTSB Final Narrative (6120.4) |
| THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE ON INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB AT AN ALTITUDE OF 75 FEET AGL. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN OF THE |
| RUNWAY, OVERRAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER AFTER IMPACTING A SAND DUNE. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION |
| REVEALED WATER CONTAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM. |
| NTSB Probable Cause Narrative |
| LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO WATER CONTAMINATION OF THE FUEL. |
| Occurrences and Sequence of Events |
| Occurrence: 1, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER |
| Phase of Operation: TAKEOFF - INITIAL CLIMB |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 1 |
| 1 ( Cause ) FLUID, FUEL / CONTAMINATION, WATER / (0) |
| Occurrence: 2, FORCED LANDING |
| Phase of Operation: EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER TAKEOFF |
| Occurrence: 3, OVERRUN |
| Phase of Operation: EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER TAKEOFF |
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