Cessna T210N N6993N

Summary

On 15 June 1985 at about 02:45 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N6993N, operated by Executive Air Charter, Inc, was involved in an accident near Mineral Wells, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 June 1985 at 02:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Mineral Wells, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Mineral Wells Muni (MWL)

Coordinates

32.8210, -98.0709

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N6993N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Executive Air Charter, Inc

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Abilene → Dfw Airport

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW85FA257

1 person had minor injuries.

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 PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER FAILURE DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION FOR UNKNOWN REASONS SINCE ABOUT 30 GALLONS OF FUEL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON BOARD WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED. THE PILOT WAS VECTORED TOWARD THE NEAREST AIRPORT BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH IT AND CRASHED INTO A ROUGH AND ROCKY TREE-COVERED HILLSIDE ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF THE INTENDED RUNWAY. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE ENGINE AT A LATER DATE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF ABNORMALITIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.