Cessna T210J N2275R

Summary

On 14 March 2012 at about 02:45 local time, a Cessna T210J registered N2275R, operated by Naseem M Malik, was involved in an accident near Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 March 2012 at 02:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, United States

Coordinates

38.9422, -84.7847

Aircraft

Cessna T210J

Registration

N2275R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Naseem M Malik

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waco → Lancaster

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

ERA12LA224

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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The pilot had just purchased the airplane and was flying it back to his home airport. When filing his flight plan, the pilot estimated that the time en route for the cross-country flight was 6 hours 30 minutes and that he had 7 hours 30 minutes of fuel on board; however, he planned to stop for fuel at an intermediate airport. The pilot did not stop at the planned fuel stop. Instead, he continued toward an airport about 300 miles further along his route of flight. While being vectored for a visual approach to that airport, after flying for 4 hours 17 minutes, the engine lost all power. The airplane impacted a wooded area about 8 miles from the airport. Examination of the wreckage revealed that there was no fuel onboard. A subsequent test-run of the engine revealed that it was capable of producing full power. Before the purchase, the airplane’s 285-horsepower engine had been converted to a 310-horsepower engine. The increased power also resulted in increased fuel burn, which the pilot did not account for in his fuel planning. Review of performance data revealed that at 75 percent power, the airplane had an endurance of about 4 hours 30 minutes, not including the fuel needed for start, taxi, takeoff, and climb.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.