Cessna P210 N4813P

Summary

On 20 June 1993 at about 16:37 local time, a Cessna P210 registered N4813P, operated by Regal Quality Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near Pulaski, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 June 1993 at 16:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Pulaski, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

37.2107, -89.1996

Aircraft

Cessna P210

Registration

N4813P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Regal Quality Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Saratoga Spring → Springfield

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI93LA217

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's improper fuel tank selection resulting in fuel starvation. A factor in the accident is the soft emergency landing surface.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER TO ATC AND COMMENTED HE THOUGHT HE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A BEAN FIELD AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL. INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY OF USEABLE FUEL, AND THAT THE LEFT FUEL TANKS HELD APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER HE HAD BEEN USING THE RIGHT FUEL TANKS. THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE WAS TESTED AFTER THE ACCIDENT BY USING A SUBSTITUTE FUEL SYSTEM AND SELECTING THE LEFT FUEL TANK POSITION. THE ENGINE STARTED AND RAN WITHOUT ANY OBSERVED MECHANICAL ANOMALIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.