# Accident 19960428035959A: Cessna T210N, Beaumont Port A, TX, April 28, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1996, 04:35 local time
- Place: Beaumont Port A, TX
- Airport: Jefferson County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9508° N, 94.0207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9508&lon=-94.0207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9403Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9403Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96TA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96TA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960428035959A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE LAND AIRPORT. VECTOR OBTAINED FOR APPROACH. LOST POWER ON APPROACH DUE FUEL EXHAUSTION. LANDED SHORT. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED ON A COMPOSITE FLIGHT PLAN, IFR/VFR, AND INTENDED TO LAND AT BMT AIRPORT. DUE TO EXISTING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BMT VOR BEING OUT OF SERVICE, THE PILOT REQUESTED RADAR VECTOR AND AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO BPT AIRPORT AFTER ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE BMT AIRPORT IN VFR CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH. AIRPLANE LANDED SHORT OF THE 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 FTW96TA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96TA186), Apr 28, 1996: Cessna T210N (N9403Y), Beaumont, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to refuel. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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