Cessna 210-5(205) N8374Z

Summary

On 9 October 2008 at about 01:30 local time, a Cessna 210-5(205) registered N8374Z, operated by Jared Shupe, was involved in an accident near Payson, Utah, United States. 3 people were 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.

Date

9 October 2008 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Payson, Utah, United States

Coordinates

40.0200, -111.7594

Aircraft

Cessna 210-5(205)

Registration

N8374Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jared Shupe

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Las Cruses → Salt Lake City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

WPR09CA006

Nobody was injured.

The total loss of engine power during cruise flight for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident were a dark night and a cherry orchard at the location where the pilot executed the forced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While en route during a cross-country flight of greater than four hours duration, the airplane's engine suddenly stopped. The flight instructor, who was assisted by his student, was not able to get the engine restarted. They therefore executed a night power-off forced landing in what turned out to be a cherry tree orchard. During the investigation, six gallons of fuel was recovered from the right tank, and seven gallons was recovered from the left tank. The engine was test run successfully while being fed through both left and right fuel systems. The entire fuel storage/feed system, including the fuel control unit screen and the fuel manifold screen, was inspected. There were no signs of blockage, anomaly, or contamination that would have kept the engine from producing full power. At the completion of the investigation, no clear reason for the loss of engine power had been determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.