MIA87FA035 · Cessna T210F
Cessna T210F · Accident: partial loss of engine power (non-mechanical) during takeoff
From an unrecorded airport to HWD · Hollywood, FL
Event
- NTSB case
- MIA87FA035
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- API-reported fatalities
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Cessna T210F
- Aircraft type
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N6194R
- Operator
- Michael M. Vonrochow · private individual
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From not recordedTo HWD · Hollywood, FL
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Takeoff · roll/run
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Partial loss of engine power (non-mechanical)
- Also codedOther events the NTSB coded in the sequence, such as a wire strike after a loss of power. Flight Findings uses them for its kinds of event. Glossary
- Fuel contamination; Tree(s)
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Cause areas
- Pilot in command › Aborted takeoff, not performed
- Pilot in command › Aircraft preflight, improper
- Pilot in command › Operation with known deficiencies in equipment
Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
THE ENG WAS REPORTED TO BE SPUTTERING DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. THE PLT CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AND AFTER LIFTOFF DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AS THE ACFT TURNED TO A DOWNWIND POSITION AT A LOW ALT WITH THE ENG STILL SPUTTERING IT STRUCK A TREE AND A BUILDING AT WHICH TIME A FIRE ERRUPTED. POST CRASH EXAMINATION REVEALED BOTH FUEL CAPS TO HAVE DETERIORATED SEALS AND EVIDENCE OF THEM HAVING LEAKED WATER INTO THE FILLER NECKS. THE FUEL STRAINER AND FUEL FLOW DIVIDER HAD EVIDENCE OF CORROSION DAMAGE. WATER WAS FOUND IN A FUEL LINE FROM THE LEFT RESERVOIR TANK TO THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE. THE ACFT HAD AN EMERGENCY 3 DAYS BEFORE THIS ACCIDENT WHEN ENGINE POWER WAS LOST AFTER TAKEOFF. SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF WATER WERE DRAINED FROM THE ACFT AFTER THIS INCIDENT. ACFT RECORDS REVEALED THE ACFT HAD ONLY FLOWN 2 HOURS IN THE PREVIOUS 8 MONTHS. 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE ACFT WAS FOUND TO ONLY HAVE 1/4 FULL FUEL TANKS AND WAS TOPPED OFF AT THIS TIME. THE ACFT HAD NOT HAD AN ANNUAL INSP FOR 2 YEARS.
Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record MIA87FA035
- Event ID
- 20001213X35218
- Case number
- MIA87FA035
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
- API snapshot SHA-256: cc3c67414afbcba215f52de9924a84d96b787cbd762451701288768e7426f685; retrieved 2026-09-21T04:19:48.988Z.