# Accident 19891228056419A: Cessna 210M, Stuart, FL, December 28, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1989, 16:55 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1536° N, 80.2292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1536&lon=-80.2292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456GS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N456GS-1991-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,613 total, 1,116 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891228056419A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR DESTINATION. LANDED ON A GOLF COURSE AND NOSED OVER. NON STOP FLIGHT FROM INDIANA TO FLORIDA.

## 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 MIA90FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA044), Dec 28, 1989: Cessna 210M (N456GS), Stuart, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER CALCULATION OF FUEL CONSUMPTION WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADEQUATE FUEL SUPPLY TO REACH HIS DESTINATION.

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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