# Incident 19880917066439I: Cessna T210M, Eugene, OR, September 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1988, 10:46 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6526M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6526M) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880917066439I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION ON AN IFR FLIGHT. LANDED SAFELY AT EUGENE AIRPORT WITH NO FUEL.

## Other reports on N6526M (2)

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

- [Incident 19810616044949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810616044949I), Jun 16, 1981: Cessna T210M (N6526M), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Hard landing and porpoise resulting in nose gear collapse with prop, nose gear, and gear door damage.
- [Incident 19780519034099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780519034099I), May 19, 1978: Cessna 210 (N6526M), Lancaster, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft ran out of fuel. Stalled plane above runway and made hard landing collapsing nose wheel.

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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