Mineral Wells Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Mineral Wells, Texas 76067
Friday, June 14, 1985 21:45 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/14/1985
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 2145
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City MINERAL WELLS
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 76067
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MINERAL WELLS MUNI
Event Location Nearest Airport ID MWL
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 1
Degrees magnetic from airport 130
Airport Elevation 964
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2151 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 80
Weather Observation Facility ID FTW
Elevation of weather observation facility 710
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 45
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 29
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 160
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 12
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2323
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 15 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 730
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 29775
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6993N
NTSB Number FTW85FA257
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model T210N
Aircraft Series Identifier T210N
Aircraft Serial Number 21063202
Certified Max Gross Weight 3800
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 18 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 117
Airframe Hours 2420
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name
Aircraft Owner Street Address
Aircraft Owner City
Aircraft Owner State
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name EXECUTIVE AIR CHARTER, INC
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address BOX 30641
Operator City AMERILLO
Operator State TX
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 79120
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight International
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Cargo
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code ABI
Departure City ABILENE
Departure State TX
Departure Country
Departure Time 2102
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code DFW
Destination City DFW AIRPORT
Destination State TX
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 31
Runway Length 4325
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --