Cessna T210M XBNCZ
26 October 2014 · Brownsville, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 October 2014 at about 17:21 local time, a Cessna T210M registered XBNCZ, operated by Luis Cantu Chapa, was involved in an accident near Brownsville, Texas, United States. 2 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.
The record
- Date
- at 17:21
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Brownsville, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Brownsville Int'l Airport (BRO)
- Coordinates
- 25.9172, -97.4233
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210M
- Registration
- XBNCZ
- Category
- Airplane
- Operator
- Luis Cantu Chapa
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Monterrey → Brownsville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN15LA031
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that he did not visually check the fuel quantity in the fuel tanks before takeoff. While the airplane was on final approach to land, the engine stopped producing power. The airplane impacted trees and terrain about 1/2 mile north of the airport. A postaccident examination revealed that the fuel tanks were intact, and no evidence of fuel leakage was found at the accident site. The right fuel tank contained about 1/8 of a tank of fuel, and the fuel selector was in the right tank position. The left fuel tank was empty.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna T210M accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2014 | Cessna T210M | Jacksonville, Oregon, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Oct 2014 | Cessna T210M | Bay City, Wisconsin, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Apr 2014 | Cessna T210M | Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States | Mar-Tech Engineering, LLC | Serious injuries | - |
| 27 Oct 2013 | Cessna T210M | Scipio, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Apr 2015 | Cessna T210M | Challis, Idaho, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 12 Dec 2016 | Cessna T210M | Mecca, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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