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Status	Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date	Thursday 5 December 1985
Time	14:30 LT
Type	Cessna P210R
Operator	Private
Registration	N5298A
MSN	P21000846
Year of manufature
Engines	Continental TSIO-520-CE
Crew	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Passengers	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total occupants	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage	Substantial
Location	Scottsdale, AZ United States of America
Phase	Landing
Nature	Private
Departure Airport	Payson, AZ (E69)
Destination Airport	Mesa, AZ (KFFZ)
Narrative	WHILE DESCENDING FROM 9,500 TO 5,000 FT MSL, THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ENG SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENG & MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT A NEARBY ARPT. THE PLT, WHO HAD ENTERED THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR THE 8,251 FOOT LONG RWY, MISJUDGED HIS APPROACH, LANDED DIAGONALLY TO THE RWY, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH & NOSED OVER. THE ACFT WAS TESTED FOLLOWING ITS RECOVERY AND ALL SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE ENG OPERATED NORMALLY. THE CAUSE OF THE NON-MECHANICAL COMPLETE PWR LOSS WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE PLT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT BFR & HAD A TOTAL OF 13.2 HOURS IN THIS AIRCRAFT, WHICH HE HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED. Probable Cause:

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