C210 MAKES FORCED LNDG AFTER LOSING ENG PWR IN ZOB AIRSPACE.
Synopsis
C210 MAKES FORCED LNDG AFTER LOSING ENG PWR IN ZOB AIRSPACE.
Narrative
I WAS FLYING AT ABOUT 3500 FT MSL WHEN THE ENG LOST PWR. I IMMEDIATELY WENT THROUGH THE RESTART PROC WHICH WAS FRESH IN MY MIND AS I HAD BEEN CHKED OUT IN THE AIRPLANE (10 HRS DUAL) ABOUT 2 1/2 MONTHS AGO. WHEN THIS HAD NO RESULT; I DECLARED AN EMER ON 121.5 AND LANDED IN A FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE FAA STAFF MEMBER WHO CALLED ME AFTERWARDS TOLD ME THAT ANOTHER FAA STAFF MEMBER HAD GONE OUT LATER THAT DAY (WHILE I WAS AWAY) TO EXAMINE THE PLANE AND HAD FOUND THAT THERE WAS GOOD FUEL AND OIL IN THE PLANE AND THAT THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS PROB. I WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE ENG LOST PWR OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THE FUEL FLOW INDICATOR DROPPED TO ZERO (OR THEREABOUTS). WHEN IT HAPPENED THERE WAS ABOUT 1/2 HR OF FUEL IN THE L TANK AND 1 HR IN THE R TANK. HOWEVER; WHEN I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROB AFTERWARDS; THE BOOST PUMP DIDN'T OPERATE AS THE CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TRIPPED (POPPED OUT); MOST PROBABLY DURING THE EMER WHILE I WAS ATTEMPTING A RESTART. I RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND THE PUMP RAN FINE. AFTER CHKING EVERYTHING OVER THOROUGHLY; I MADE AN UNEVENTFUL DEP AND RETURNED HOME. IF CHKING OR VERIFYING THE BOOST PUMP CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD BEEN ON THE EMER CHKLIST; IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MAKE AN EMER LNDG. BUT THE BREAKER IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE ENG RESTART PROC. EVEN IF IT'S COMMON SENSE; YOUR MIND IS FOCUSED ON FOLLOWING THE EMER PROC.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.