Cessna P210N accident near Conway, AR
On November 7, 2012, a Cessna P210N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Conway, AR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 7, 2012
- Place
- Conway, AR
- Aircraft
- Cessna P210N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.081°N, 92.424°W
- NTSB ID
- 20121107X60747
Official records · CEN13LA054
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn November 7, 2012, about 1204 central standard time, a Cessna P210N, N887JA, impacted terrain following a loss of engine power after takeoff from runway 26 (4,875 feet by 100 feet, asphalt) at the Dennis F. Cantrell Field Airport (CWS), Conway, Arkansas. The airplane was returning to the airport when it struck trees and the airport property. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and wings. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed but not activated for the flight that was en route to University-Oxford Airport (UOX), Oxford, Mississippi. On November 5, 2012, the airplane was fueled with 37 gallons of fuel for an unknown total amount of fuel for a flight from Topeka, Kansas, to Oxford, Mississippi. The flight duration was approximately 2 hours. The next flight was on the day of the accident from UOX to CWS. There was no record of subsequent fueling or the airplane prior to the accident. On the day of the accident, at 1529, the pilot of N887JA called the Princeton Flight Service Station and filed an IFR flight plan from UOX to CWS, filed a return IFR flight plan from CWS to UOX, and obtained an abbreviated pilot briefing. The pilot filed the fuel on board for the flights from UOX to CWS and from CWS to UOX as 4 hours and 3 hours, respectively. The proposed filed departure times from UOX and CWS were 0940 and 1130, respectively. The airplane de
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which failed to detect the lack of fuel and resulted in fuel exhaustion during climb, and the pilot's subsequent failure to maintain airplane control, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at low altitude from which he was unable to recover.
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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.
