Cessna T210M N761AU

Summary

On 21 June 1983 at about 22:34 local time, a Cessna T210M registered N761AU, operated by Castlewood Aviation, was involved in an accident near Englewood, Colorado, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 June 1983 at 22:34

Classification

Accident

Location

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

39.5795, -104.8602

Aircraft

Cessna T210M

Registration

N761AU

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Castlewood Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Englewood → Taos

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83FA149

Nobody was injured.

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 ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE LOST POWER DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB. THE PILOT HAD LEANED THE MIXTURE PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. THE CHECKLIST CALLS FOR FULL RICH. WHEN THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE STARTED DETONATING AND LOST POWER. DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE AFTER THE ACCIDENT EVIDENCE OF DETONATION AND ABNORMAL HEAT WAS FOUND. DURING A TEST RUN OF THE ENGINE CONDITIONS WERE USED TO SIMULATE THE ACCIDENT TAKEOFF. THE RESULTS WERE THE SAME. THE PILOT WAS QUERIED ABOUT THE USE OF THE MIXTURE CONTROL. HEREPEATED HIS METHODS WHICH HE SAID WAS THE WAY HE WAS TAUGHT BY A CFI WHO WAS NOT FOUND FOR COMMENT. THE PILOT NEVER MENTIONED THAT THE CHECKLIST CALLS FOR FULL RICH MIXTURE FOR THE TURBOCHARGED ENGINE. DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 9,300 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.