# Accident 19910211002069A: Cessna 210L, Brownsville, TX, February 11, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1991, 20:22 local time
- Place: Brownsville, TX
- Airport: Brownsville-South Padre International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9160° N, 97.4378° 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=25.9160&lon=-97.4378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210YB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,152 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910211002069A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. STRUCK A FENCE SHORT OF 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 FTW91LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA037), Feb 12, 1991: Cessna 210L (N210YB), Brownsville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE ON THE LAST LEG OF THE FLIGHT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION.

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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