Pearson Air Park Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Vancouver, Washington 98661
Monday, April 30, 1984 20:45 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

ACCORDING TO THE PLT'S CALCULATIONS, THE ACFT SHOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH FUEL ON BOARD FOR 8.4 HRS OF FLT. HOWEVER, AFTER ABOUT 5.6 HRS OF FLT TIME, THE ENG LOST POWER FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING A WHEELS-UP LANDING. THE PLT SAID THAT THE LEFT FUEL GAGE WAS NOT WORKING, SO HE USED FUEL FROM THAT TANK 1ST, THEN SELECTED THE RIGHT FUEL TANK. DURING THE LAST 15 TO 20 MIN OF FLT, THE RIGHT FUEL GAGE SHOWED A RAPID DECREASE OF THE FUEL. THE ENG LOST POWER AFTER THE RIGHT FUEL GAGE DECREASED TO ZERO. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/30/1984
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 2045
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City VANCOUVER
Event State WASHINGTON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 98661
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport PEARSON AIR PARK
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 60S
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 30
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2050 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 220
Weather Observation Facility ID PDX
Elevation of weather observation facility 204
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 15
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
Lowest Ceiling Height 4400
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 2700
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 12
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 8
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 190
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
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 Light
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 686
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 24391
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 N93186
NTSB Number SEA84LA100
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Type of Flight Plan filed Unknown
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model T210L
Aircraft Series Identifier T210L
Aircraft Serial Number 21060299
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 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Apr 29 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 5
Airframe Hours 6818
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Yes
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name AERO SPORT
Aircraft Owner Street Address 9304 NE 279TH STREET
Aircraft Owner City BATTLEGROUND
Aircraft Owner State WA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 98604
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 209E RESERVE ST
Operator City VANCOUVER
Operator State WA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 98661
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 Domestic
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 PDT
Departure City PENDLETON
Departure State OR
Departure Country
Departure Time 1935
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
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 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --