ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239290
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| Date: | Saturday 15 April 2017 |
| Time: | 11:50 |
| Type: |  Cessna 210 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7358E |
| MSN: | 57058 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2945 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-470-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Minden, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | New Orleans-Lakefront Airport, LA (NEW/KNEW) |
| Weatherford-Thomas P Stafford Airport, OK (KOJA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Aug-2020 09:55 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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