OFF ARPT LNDG DUE TO ENG FAILURE.

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ACFT TYPE: 1977 CESSNA MODEL 210 TURBO. PLAN: PLEASURE FLT IN LONGVIEW ENVIRONS TO INCLUDE SOME PRACTICE MANEUVERS AND APCHS UNDER FULL VFR CONDITIONS AT GLADEWATER AND TYLER. DURATION OF FLT WAS TO BE 1.5 HRS. WX: CLR; VISIBILITY 6; WIND 8. ACFT WHEELED OUT OF HANGAR AND PREFLTED. PREFLT INCLUDED MASTER ON; LISTEN FOR GYROSCOPE; CHK FUEL GAUGES. THE FIRST MASTER ON SHOWED R FUEL GAUGE FULL; L GAUGE 1/2 FULL. (ALL EARLIER OCCASIONS IN ACFT SHOWED FUEL GAUGES ACCURATE.) MASTER OFF; TO CONTINUE WALK AROUND. COCKPIT PREFLT STARTED WITH MASTER ON; GYROSCOPE NOT AUDIBLE; SEVERAL OPS OF MASTER DID NOT ACTIVATE THE GYROSCOPE. FUEL CHK SAME AS BEFORE. PREPARED TO NOT GO; BUT DECIDED TO SEE WHAT AN ENG START-UP WOULD DO FOR THE ELECTRIC GYROSCOPE. CHKLIST PROC FOR ENG START; ELECTRIC GYROSCOPE ACTIVATED. ATIS CURRENT. CHK-IN WITH GGG GND. CHKLIST RUNUP AT H-13. NORMAL DEP ON RWY 13 TO NE PRACTICE AREA. SPENT LESS THAN 10 MINS ON SLOW CRUISE AND VERT S'S WITH TURNS; OVER LAKE O THE PINES; 20 MI N OF LONGVIEW. VFR W TO 24 DME GGG VOR ARC FOR VOR/DME APCH TO GLADEWATER (07F). PRACTICE BAULKED LNDG WITH GAR. LANDED AT 07F; TALKED BRIEFLY ON 122.9 WITH INSTRUCTOR AT GLADEWATER. TKOF TO TYLER. CHANGED FUEL TANKS R TO L. TYR ATIS CURRENT. SET AVIONICS FOR TYR FREQS. CONTACT APCH; REQUEST PRACTICE VFR APCH TO VOR/DME RWY 4 VIA CHEVY AND RFOUR AND PT APCH TERMINATES IN MISSED APCH TO BE FOLLOWED WITH APCH TO ILS RWY 13. MISSED APCH INSTRUCTION: L TURN TO OM. DURING THE OUTBOUND LEG TO PT; ENG SPUTTERS. SWITCH TANKS; OPERATE AUX FUEL PUMP; ENG CATCHES AGAIN. R TANK SHOWS NEAR FULL. L TASK SHOWS LITTLE LESS THAN 1/2 FULL. CONTACT TYR APCH AT OM OUTBOUND. SET LOC 109.9; ADF 320; DO PT; CAPTURE TYR LOC AT 2000 CLRED FOR ILS 13 APCH; RPT OM INBOUND. SET TIMER AT OM. ABOUT 3 MI FROM RWY 13 ON THE LOC AND THE GS; ENG SPUTTERS AGAIN; FUEL PUMPS OPERATED; ENG FIRES A COUPLE OF TIMES; CHANGE TO L TANK; FUEL PUMP OPERATED AGAIN; ENG WON'T START. NOTICE CANNOT REACH TYR; DECLARE AN EMER; LOOK FOR OFF-FIELD LNDG OPPORTUNITY; CHOOSE CLUMP OF BUSHES AND SMALL TREES TO EXECUTE A STALLED 'PANCAKE.' WITH THIS TARGET; ATTEMPT TO MINIMIZE FORWARD AND VERT SPD AND KEEP THE NOSE OF THE ACFT UP; LAND IN BUSHES; TURN OFF MASTER; IGNITION. PAX AND PLT ABLE TO ESCAPE THROUGH R DOOR TO A CLRING. PLT RETURNS TO GATHER BELONGINGS. BOTH WALK TO NEAREST HOUSE; TRY TO CALL TYR TWR; BUT LINE IS BUSY. RESIDENT KINDLY DRIVES US TO TERMINAL. PAX HAS SUSTAINED SOME CHEST INJURIES; BUT IS LUCID AND CAN WALK. AMBULANCE EMS RECOMMENDS HOSPITAL CHKUP. PLT COMPLETELY UNINJURED; BRIEFLY DESCRIBES TO CIVIL AIR PATROL AND TWR STAFF THE LAST MOMENTS OF THE FLT. A BRIEF CONVERSATION WAS ORGANIZED WITH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FAA IN DALLAS. SOME BRIEF DETAILS WERE GIVEN TO THE TYLER SHERIFF. STAFF AT FBO ALERTED. PAX IS TREATED AT MEDICAL CENTER AND AFTER SOME TIME PERMITTED TO GO HOME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THE INSURANCE COMPANY WROTE OFF THE ACFT AS TOTALLED ALTHOUGH THE FUSELAGE AND AIRFOILS WERE INTACT. NTSB HAS CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN INCIDENT. RPTR HAS TRIED TO CONTACT NTSB FOR FURTHER INFO WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE DID HEAR THAT THERE WAS FUEL IN BOTH TANKS AND THE ENG DID RUN. FAA HAS NOT COMMUNICATED WITH HIM ALTHOUGH HE EXPECTED A LETTER. INDICATED HE WILL KEEP US POSTED IF HE GETS ANY FURTHER INFO.