# Accident 19821227066929A: Cessna 210L, Valdosta, GA, December 27, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1982, 15:32 local time
- Place: Valdosta, GA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8327° N, 83.2785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valdosta, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8327&lon=-83.2785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1685X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1685X-2015-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 72 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL83LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821227066929A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON FINAL APPROACH. CRASHED INTO TREES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL83LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA075), Dec 27, 1982: Cessna 210 (N1685X), Valdosta, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1685X (3)

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

- [Incident 19930228006499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930228006499I), Feb 28, 1993: Cessna 210 (N1685X), Inverness, FL, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19920507014129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920507014129I), May 7, 1992: Cessna 210L (N1685X), Ft Myers, FL. Bounced on a crosswind landing. Main gear broke off and aircraft came to rest off runway on grass.
- [Incident 19910930050909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910930050909I), Sep 30, 1991: Cessna 210L (N1685X), Punta Gorda, FL. Experienced total electrical failure on an IFR flight. Encountered VFR conditions and made precautionary landing.

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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