# Accident 19850712031029A: Cessna T210N, College Station, TX, July 12, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1985, 15:55 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Airport: Easterwood Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5880° N, 96.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERWOOD FLD (CLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5880&lon=-96.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5203A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5203A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 14,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850712031029A

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION EN ROUTE. DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK TANKS PRIOR TO FLIGHT. LANDED ON DIRT ROAD COLLAPSING NOSE GEAR.

## 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 FTW85LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA286), Jul 12, 1985: Cessna T210N (N5203A), College Station, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5203A (1)

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

- [Incident 20010916025639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010916025639I), Sep 16, 2001: Cessna T210N (N5203A), Liberal, KS. (-23) Main power cable from the aircraft alternator chaffed on firewall makding contact with firewall and shorted out aircraft alternator. Aircraft laned at…

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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