Cessna 210-5(205) N8472Z
25 September 2013 · Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 25 September 2013 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 210-5(205) registered N8472Z was involved in an accident near Weatherford, Oklahoma, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 17:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States
- Nearest airport
- Thomas P Stafford Airport (OJA)
- Coordinates
- 35.5307, -98.6808
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210-5(205)
- Registration
- N8472Z
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1963
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Cheyenne → Weatherford
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN13LA565
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power during descent.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane experienced a total loss of engine power during a descent to the planned destination airport. The pilot reported that, before departure, he had fuel added to the preexisting fuel onboard the airplane, which he "confirmed" during the preflight inspection by looking at the fuel gauges. He did not visually inspect the fuel tanks. He entered the amount of added fuel into a fuel totalizer, and the totalizer indicated that the total amount of fuel on board was greater than the amount of fuel needed for the flight. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed about 3 to 4 gallons of fuel in the left fuel tank and less than 1 gallon of fuel in the right fuel tank. Because the pilot did not visually verify the amount of fuel onboard the airplane, the fuel totalizer likely showed an inaccurate amount of fuel and led to the pilot's belief that he had sufficient fuel for the flight.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2013 | Cessna 210E | Williamsburg, Virginia, United States | Brown Joseph Daniel IV | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Feb 2013 | Cessna 210 | Waskada, Canada | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 28 Jul 2013 | Cessna 210M | Shirley, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 2013 | Cessna 210L | Belem, Brazil | Brabo Taxi Aereo Ltda. | Fatal | 2 |
| 28 Nov 2013 | Cessna 210L | Montrose, Pennsylvania, United States | Airnet Systems, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 2013 | Cessna 210 | Florence, Oregon, United States | Eric Baldwin | No injuries | - |
All 2,022 records for this type
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