Cessna T210N N5393A

Summary

On 15 February 1983 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N5393A was involved in an accident near Riverton, Wyoming, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 February 1983 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Riverton, Wyoming, United States

Nearest airport

Riverton (RIW)

Coordinates

43.0303, -108.4103

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N5393A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83LA060

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 SLID ACROSS A ROAD AND SLID PARALLEL TO A FENCE UNTIL THE ACFT HIT A FENCE POST DURING A FORCED LANDING. THE ACFT WAS ON A TEST FLT AFTER MAINTENANCE WHICH INCLUDED ADJUSTMENT OF THE ABSOLUTE CONTROLLER. THE BEFORE TAKEOFF CHECKSWERE MADE AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. DURING TAKEOFF AT 500 FT AGL THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMP AND ENGINE REGAINED POWER THEN QUIT. THE PILOT SWITCHED TANKS AND CHECKED MIXTURE BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT START.A LANDING WAS MADE ON A PUBLIC ROAD WITH GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN. THE EXAMINATION AND POST ACCIDENT TEST RUNS OF THE ENGINE SHOWED THAT THE ABSOLUTE CONTROLLER WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT WHICH CAUSED AN OVER RICH MIXTURE. BY ADDING THE BOOST PUMP AFTER ENGINE FAILURE IT AGGRAVATED THE SITUATION TO THE POINT OF FLOODING THE ENGINE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.