# Accident 19940131001249A: Cessna 210L, St Louis, MO, January 31, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1994, 16:32 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6649° N, 90.6339° 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=38.6649&lon=-90.6339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N810BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N810BP-2003-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,970 total, 130 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940131001249A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL. SWITCHED TANKS. NO START. NOSED OVER LANDING SHORT. 21 OS TROUBLE VAPOR LOCK RUNNING TANK DRY

## 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 CHI94LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA075), Jan 31, 1994: Cessna 210L (N810BP), Chesterfield, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S POORLY PLANNED APPROACH. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON.

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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