Cessna 210-5A N4848U

Summary

On 18 May 2013 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 210-5A registered N4848U, operated by Hanna David B, was involved in an accident near Wenatchee, Washington, United States. 5 people were 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

18 May 2013 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wenatchee, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Pangborn Memorial Airport (EAT)

Coordinates

47.3928, -120.1983

Aircraft

Cessna 210-5A

Registration

N4848U

Category

Airplane

Year built

1964

Engines

1

Operator

Hanna David B

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chehalis → Wenatchee

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR13LA247

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and his improper landing flare, which resulted in the airplane’s tail striking the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was on the base leg of the traffic pattern when the engine suddenly lost power. The airplane landed hard in a nose-high attitude, and the tail cone struck the runway, resulting in damage to the aft bulkhead and lower fuselage stringer. When a line service technician came with a tug to help get the airplane off the runway, the pilot told him that he had run out of fuel and that he had planned to continue past the airport but made an error in his fuel calculations. The pilot purchased additional fuel and continued to his destination with no further incident. Although the pilot stated that "vapor lock or a fuel system defect were potential causes" for the loss of engine power, his statements to the line service technician and the fact that the engine started and operated normally after fuel was added indicate that the reason for the loss of engine power was fuel exhaustion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.