ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235562
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 April 2020 |
| Time: | 09:58 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 210L Centurion |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N210HH |
| MSN: | 21061462 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4707 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Canyon Lake, Comal County, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Midland Airpark, TX (MDD/KMDD) |
| New Braunfels Regional Airport, TX (KBAZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he had performed a "standard" preflight check before departing for the 1.5-hour cross-country flight. He reported that he checked the fuel gauges and visually inspected the fuel levels in the tanks and estimated the airplane had about 70 gallons of fuel for the flight. Near the conclusion of the flight, the pilot was given a clearance to climb in preparation for an instrument approach to the destination airport. During the climb, the pilot noticed that the airspeed was bleeding off and the engine was not producing power. After descending below clouds, the pilot decided to land in a field at the end of a lake. However, the pilot realized that the airplane would not reach the field, and he elected to conduct a forced landing on the water, which resulted in substantial damage to the airframe.
Postaccident examination of the fuel tanks revealed some fuel remained, but when the fuel manifold was disassembled, no fuel was observed under its diaphragm. Recovery personnel dried the magnetos and plumbed a fuel can to the airplane for a test run of the engine, which was successful.
The airplane's fuel tanks were topped off about 3.5 flight hours before the accident flight departed; no fuel had been added since that time. With full tanks, the accident airplane's expected endurance was about 4.8 hours of flight time. Thus, it is likely that the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion.
Given the available information, it is likely the pilot did not adequately verify the quantity of fuel during the preflight inspection of the airplane or take into account the amount of fuel burned since the airplane was last fueled.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning, which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN20LA162
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N210HH/history/20200428/1328Z/KMDD/L%2029.86941%20-98.28191
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N210HH
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2020 17:36 | Geno | Added |
| 28-Apr-2020 17:39 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Apr-2020 17:54 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Source] |
| 28-Apr-2020 18:09 | Geno | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2020 22:01 | RobertMB | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2020 23:29 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2020 13:52 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2020 14:00 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2021 07:18 | aaronwk | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2022 08:32 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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