# Accident 19891007039379A: Cessna 210, Jacksonville, FL, October 7, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1989, 17:45 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Herlong Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2697° N, 81.7503° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2697&lon=-81.7503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5252E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5252E-2019-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 762 total, 348 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891007039379A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. CRASH LANDED OFF END OF RUNWAY. FUEL SELECTOR ON AN EMPTY TANK. MINIMUM FUEL IN OTHER TANK

## 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 MIA90LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA007), Oct 7, 1989: Cessna 210 (N5252E), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT, AND FUEL STARVATION, DUE TO HIS IMPROPER POSITIONING OF THE FUEL SELECTOR.

## Other reports on N5252E (3)

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

- [Incident 19870428065359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870428065359I), Apr 28, 1987: Cessna 210 (N5252E), Ocala, FL. High voltage reading en route. Reset master, smell of smoke in cockpit. Noise reducer shorted to alternator.
- [Incident 19840321022479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840321022479I), Mar 21, 1984: Cessna 210 (N5252E), Osseo, WI, Minor damage. Forced landing. Fuel exhaustion. Landed on a road. Wing struck a pole on rollout.
- [Accident 19820320004529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820320004529A), Mar 20, 1982: Cessna 210 (N5252E), Grantsburg, WI, Substantial damage. Landed on unplowed runway. Wheels caught a windrow. Airplane veered into a snowbank.

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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