# Incident 19780412012029I: Cessna 210K, Evansville, IN, April 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1978, 09:56 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8235M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8235M-2013-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210K (registry code 2073446, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 230 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780412012029I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FORCED LANDING AFTER FUEL EXHAUSTION. GAUGE FOUND INACCURATE

## Other reports on N8235M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19991107042499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991107042499A), Nov 7, 1999: Cessna 210K (N8235M), Rochester, IN, Substantial damage. (.4)The pilot reported that airplane was configured for landing with the landing gear down, full flaps, full propeller pitch, and 80 mph. He reported that,…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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