Cessna T210N N123LF

Summary

On 6 January 1987 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N123LF, operated by Meeco Marinas, Inc., was involved in an accident near Sherwood, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 January 1987 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sherwood, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

34.7809, -92.2493

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N123LF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Meeco Marinas, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Morristown → Little Rock

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC87FA037

1 person 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 PIC DPTD MORRISTOWN WITH 600# OF CARGO AS PART OF A RND TRIP TO MCALESTER, OKLA. HEADWINDS AT ALT WERE AVG 45 KTS. THE PIC HAD ASKED FOR 60 GAL BEFORE THE DEPARTURE BUT RCVD 59.1. AFT SEVERAL HRS IN CRUISE FLT, THE PIC NOTIFIED MEMPHIS CNTR CTRLR THAT A STOP FOR FUEL IN LITTLE ROCK, ARK WOULD BE NECESSARY BEFORE CONTINUING. THE PIC RPTD STRONGER HDWNDS THAN FCSTD. WHILE BEING VECTORED BY LIT APPCH TO LND RWY 18 THE PIC RPTD ENG OUT. A RESTART WAS ATTMPTD BUT THE ACFT WAS UNABLE TO GLIDE TO A NEARBY ARPT. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND POSND TO THE LEFT TANK. AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF FUEL WAS IN LEFT TANK, BUT THE RT TANK CONTAINED APPROX 10 GALS OF FUEL. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF FUEL FOR CONTINUED POWERED FLT. THE ACFT ENG WAS RUN IN A TEST CELL WITHOUT PBLMS. THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS FOUND FREE OF CONTAMINATION. NORMALLY THE MOST FULL FUEL TANK IS SELECTED PRIOR TO THE FINAL APPROACH AS PART OF THE PRELANDING CHKLST.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.