Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Delta, Utah 84624
Friday, September 22, 2006 16:20 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot said the airplane was climbing through 13,200 feet, on an IFR clearance, in instrument meteorological conditions, when the engine "choked once" and immediately quit operating. He said there was approximately 1/2 inch of rime ice, or more, on the airplane. He established a best-glide airspeed, and selected the closest airport on his GPS. As he broke out of the clouds, at approximately 8,000 feet, he saw the airport in front of him. He attempted an engine restart with no success. During the restarting attempt, he did not use the auxiliary fuel pump to prime the engine as specified in the "Engine Failure During Flight" checklist in the Pilot Operating Handbook. The pilot said he flew directly to the middle of the airport, instead of setting up for a landing. As he approached the airport, he put the landing gear down. He realized that he was at a low altitude, approximately 750 feet above the ground, but attempted to make a 180 degree turn to the airport beneath him. He landed in a field, and rolled into the airport's perimeter fence. The airplane nosed over, damaging the vertical stabilizer, the right wing, and the fuselage. During the postaccident examination of the airplane, an engine ground run was successfully performed. No preaccident anomalies were identified with the airplane or engine.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

A loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during cruise flight.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/22/2006
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1620
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City Delta
Event State UTAH
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 84624
Event Date Year 2006
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 392250N
Event Location Longitude 1123028W
Event Location Airport --
Event Location Nearest Airport ID --
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1552 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 200
Weather Observation Facility ID MLF
Elevation of weather observation facility 5039
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 30
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 8000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 6500
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 14
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 250
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 20
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 27
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.97
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
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) 21377
NTSB Notification Source FAA NW ROC
NTSB Notification Date Sep 22 2006 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Apr 25 2007 2:54PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\lema
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Salt Lake City, UT

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N732PC
NTSB Number SEA06LA185
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model T210M
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 21061657
Certified Max Gross Weight 4000
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
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 Jul 1 2006 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Monte Cristo Estates LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City West Linn
Aircraft Owner State OR
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 97068
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code BTF
Departure City Bountiful
Departure State UT
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1530
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code CDC
Destination City Cedar City
Destination State UT
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Cruise - normal
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Feb 28 2007 5:36PM
User who most recently changed record STAM
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location NA
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --