# Accident 19960426016579A: Cessna 210, Knoxville, TN, April 26, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1996, 21:54 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0000° N, 83.9102° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0000&lon=-83.9102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9432T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9432T-2013-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,295 total, 322 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL96LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960426016579A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH LOST POWER. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. UNPORTED FUEL FROM TANK OUTLET, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. ENGINE STARVED.

## 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 ATL96LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA081), Apr 27, 1996: Cessna 210 (N9432T), Knoxville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to heed known operating information by not correcting the flight attitude to prevent fuel unporting during a prolonged slipped descent.

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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