Cessna 210L accident near Vero Beach, FL
On April 28, 1999, a Cessna 210L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Vero Beach, FL. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 28, 1999
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 27.679°N, 80.710°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001205X00520
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 28, 1999, about 1323 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 210L, N3458H, registered to a private individual, collided with trees then the ground while descending for a forced landing over a residential area shortly after takeoff from the Vero Beach Municipal Airport, Vero Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was destroyed and the commercial-rated pilot, and three passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated about 3 minutes earlier. According to a transcription of communications with the Vero Beach Air Traffic Control Tower, at 1314.54, the pilot contacted ground control and requested taxi clearance. The ground controller cleared the pilot to taxi to runway 29L, and while taxiing, the pilot inadvertently taxied onto a runway. The pilot then taxied the airplane off the runway and at 1320.22, the pilot advised the local controller that the flight was ready to depart runway 29L, and requested a left turn out eastbound. The local controller cleared the flight for takeoff with a left downwind departure eastbound; the airplane departed under the provisions of visual flight rules (VFR). The pilot contacted the local controller 5 seconds later using the last 3 of the registration number of the airplane and at 1322.35, the local controller responded and stated "centurian five eight hotel you're not having any kind of problem"; there was no recorded response from the pilot. The local controller later reported t
Probable cause
A loss of engine power due to a disconnected throttle/power lever, cable. Also causal was the failure of the mechanic to install a cotter pin in the throttle control cable attach hardware at the throttle control arm, and failure of the company quality control inspector to verify after the job was completed that a cotter pin was installed, which resulted in disconnection of the throttle control cab
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
