Cessna T210G accident near Provo, UT
On October 21, 2009, a Cessna T210G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Provo, UT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 21, 2009
- Place
- Provo, UT
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.206°N, 111.726°W
- NTSB ID
- 20091022X01008
Official records · WPR10FA027
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATCT Ground Control Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATCT Local Control Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 21, 2009, at 1609 mountain daylight time, a Cessna T210G, N6869R, experienced a total loss of engine power during a southbound climb following a 1601 takeoff from the Provo Municipal Airport, Provo, Utah (PVU). The pilot reversed course and attempted to return to the airport. The airplane impacted upsloping terrain adjacent to an airport perimeter road while on short final approach to runway 36. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the commercial certificated pilot, who was the sole airplane occupant, was killed. The airplane was owned and operated by Six Nine Romeo, LLC, Provo. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the business flight, and no flight plan was filed. The flight was performed under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The airplane's owner reported to the National Transportation Safety Board investigator that the accident pilot had taken the airplane to Central Utah Aviation in Provo about two weeks before the accident for an annual inspection. On the morning of the accident the owner and an acquaintance drove to Provo to pick up the airplane with the intention of flying it back to Spanish Fork, getting the accident pilot to fly them back to Provo to pick up the car and then the pilot returning the airplane to Spanish Fork. The owner stated that he did not visually confirm the fuel quantity in the tanks, noting that the gauges had always been accurate and he trusted the readings. The fuel quantity gauge for the left tank showed approximately three quarters full and the gauge for the r
Probable cause
A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection.
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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.
