Cessna 210 N7358E
15 April 2017 · Minden, Louisiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 15 April 2017 at about 16:50 local time, a Cessna 210 registered N7358E was involved in an accident near Minden, Louisiana, 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 16:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Minden, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Minden Airport (KMNE)
- Coordinates
- 32.6578, -93.2986
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210
- Registration
- N7358E
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1960
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New Orleans → Weatherford
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN17LA157
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot and passenger were on a cross-country personal flight in a single-engine airplane. As the airplane approached the destination airport, the engine lost power. The pilot turned on the fuel boost pump and switched fuel tanks, but engine power was not restored. The pilot selected a field for a forced landing, during which the airplane impacted a tree and sustained substantial damage to the left wing. During the recovery of the airplane, about 5 gallons of fuel were drained from each wing fuel tank. An engine test run was conducted by connecting a fuel line to the airplane's right-side fuel line. The fuel boost pump was operated, and the engine started and ran with no anomalies. A review of the airplane type certificate data sheet indicated that the airplane was equipped with two wing fuel tanks for a total capacity of 65 gallons, with useable fuel of 55 gallons. Given the available information, it is likely the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 210 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 2017 | Cessna 210G | Hallsville, Missouri, United States | AWG Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
| 20 Sep 2017 | Cessna 210 | Sacramento, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 2017 | Cessna 210 | Bettles, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Mar 2017 | Cessna 210B | Opal, South Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Jul 2017 | Cessna 210M | Cantá Municipality, State, Brazil | Paramazonia Taxi Aereo Ltda | Fatal | 4 |
| 11 Jul 2017 | Cessna 210L | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States | IRF LLC | No injuries | - |
All 2,022 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 17 Aug 2017 | Beechcraft A36 | Gonzales, Louisiana, United States | Gulf Central Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jan 2017 | Zenith CH750 STOL | Jennings, Louisiana, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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