Cessna 210C N9791X
19 December 2000 · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 December 2000 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 210C registered N9791X was involved in an accident near Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Eagle Creek Airport (EYE)
- Coordinates
- 39.7693, -86.1094
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210C
- Registration
- N9791X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Mount Pleasant
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI01LA049
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The reason for the loss of engine power is undetermined. A factor was the rough terrain.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During initial climbout at about 1,000 feet agl, the engine started sputtering and lost power. A forced landing was executed to a rough field where a gear up landing was made. The pilot reported, "All controls were checked to be full forward, booster pumps Hi & lo were actuated, no response, turned 90 [degrees] to left to find airport, still no recovery, switched to right fuel tank, no response, looked for place to land and flew airplane until impact with ground." The on-site inspection indicated no apparent fuel stains in the snow around the right wing or the nose wheel where the gascolator was found broken. The fuel selector was found selected to the right tank. Both fuel caps were found with a ring of ice around the caps. The right fuel tank was visually verified empty and the left fuel tank was verified nearly full of fuel. The pilot reported both fuel tanks were topped off about a month prior to the accident and the airplane had been outside on a ramp since then. The fuel distributor exhibited fuel present and fuel was found in the fuel line leading to the fuel distributor.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 210 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2000 | Cessna 210E | Holbrook, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Nov 2000 | Cessna 210K | Oxnard, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Mar 2000 | Cessna 210 | MacOmb, Illinois, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 Oct 2000 | Cessna 210 | Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Dec 2000 | Cessna 210C | Boulder, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Feb 2000 | Cessna 210 | Puerto Barrios, Guatemala | ORO Negro | Fatal | 3 |
All 2,022 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2000 | Swearingen SA226TC | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Sep 2000 | Piper PA-31-325 | Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Jun 2000 | Piper PA-22-150 | Salem, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jun 2000 | Cessna 150L | Griffith, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Sep 2000 | Cessna 150G | Jasper, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Oct 2000 | Cessna 182 | Noblesville, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |