# Accident 19811228084179A: Cessna T210M, Gunnison, CO, December 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1981, 11:15 local time
- Place: Gunnison, CO
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5480° N, 106.9246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gunnison, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5480&lon=-106.9246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732RN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732RN-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,307 total, 36 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811228084179A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON VOR APPROACH. CRASHED ON MOUNTAIN SLOPE. PILOT MISJUDGED WINDS ALOFT AND FUEL CONSUMPTION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN82FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FA013), Dec 28, 1981: Cessna T210M (N732RN), Gunnison, CO, destroyed

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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