# Accident 19951208040099A: Cessna T210N, Modesto, CA, December 8, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1995, 02:00 local time
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Airport: Modesto City-County Airport-Har
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CUXA
- Location: 37.6294° N, 120.9690° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6294&lon=-120.9690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N214BD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N214BD-1996-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,736 total, 2,020 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951208040099A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON ILS APPROACH AT NIGHT. CRASHED INTO TREES. HAD DROPPED OFF PART 135 AIR TAXI PASSENGERS.

## 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 LAX96LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA068), Dec 8, 1995: Cessna T210N (N214BD), Modesto, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel, followed by a forced landing in an area of trees. Darkness was a…

## Other reports on N214BD (1)

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

- [Incident 19950707026279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950707026279I), Jul 7, 1995: Cessna 210N (N214BD), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. Unsafe nose gear light. Landed. Nose gear stayed up until taxi to ramp when it folded. Loose downlock shifted.

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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