Cessna 210J N3331S

Summary

On 13 August 1982 at about 02:15 local time, a Cessna 210J registered N3331S, operated by Kevin Monger, was involved in an accident near Lees Summit, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 August 1982 at 02:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Lees Summit, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

McComas-Lees Summit (K84)

Coordinates

38.9102, -94.3799

Aircraft

Cessna 210J

Registration

N3331S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kevin Monger

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Olathe → Lees Summit

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC82DA142

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN REPAINTED AT TOPEKA, KS. ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO KANSAS CITY, MO, THE PILOT DIVERTED TO OLATHE, KS AFTER FINDING CLOUDS AT THE INTENDED DESTINATION. HE THEN DEPARTED ON A NIGHT FLIGHT TO LEES SUMMIT, MO. AFTER ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT LEES SUMMIT, HE TRANSMITTED THAT HE WAS HIGH AND WAS EXTENDING HIS DOWNWIND LEG. MOMENTS LATER, HE TRANSMITTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN COLLIDED WITH TREETOPS ABOUT ONE MILE FROM THE AIRPORT WHILE IN A SHALLOW DESCENT. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN REFUELED AT TOPEKA OR OLATHE. ONLY 1/2 GAL OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT TANK AND THE LEFT TANK WAS EMPTY. HOWEVER, BOTH TANKS WERE DAMAGED FROM IMPACT. ONLY A FEW DROPS OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE LINE FROM THE FUEL CONTROLLER TO THE FLOW DIVIDER. ALSO, OBSTRUCTIONS WERE FOUND IN THE #2 AND #4 FUEL NOZZLES, AND THE OUTPUT OF THE FUEL PUMP WAS 25.3 PSI,THE DESIRED PRESSURE WAS 29.5 PSI.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.