Cessna T210N N2WF

Summary

On 4 January 1987 at about 17:40 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N2WF, operated by Ford Farms, Inc., was involved in an accident near Pueblo, Colorado, 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

4 January 1987 at 17:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Pueblo, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

38.3597, -104.7703

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N2WF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ford Farms, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Limon → Center

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87LA040

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

PLT AND TWO PAX DEPARTED LIMON, CO, AT 1000 FOR RETURN TRIP TO CENTER, CO. AT 1030 PLT SWITCHED TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK, TEN MIN LATER ENG LOST POWER AND PLT MADE FORCED LANDING WEST OF PUEBLO, CO. PLT CLAIMED RIGHT FUEL GAUGE WAS FAULTY. PLT LATER SAID HE TOOK OFF FROM LIMON WITH 35 GAL OF FUEL ABOARD AND THAT HE MUST HAVE CONSUMED ALL AVAILABLE FUEL FROM RIGHT TANK ON EARLIER FLIGHT. PLT SAID HE DID NOT VISUALLY INSPECT FUEL TANKS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM LIMON. EN ROUTE CRUISING ALTITUDE WAS 1000 FT AGL TO AVOID HIGH HEADWINDS ALOFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.