# Accident 19960519010869A: Cessna P210N, Carrollton, OH, May 19, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1996, 19:20 local time
- Place: Carrollton, OH
- Airport: Carroll County-Tolson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5701° N, 81.0905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5701&lon=-81.0905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731NC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731NC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960519010869A

## Narrative

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

LOW FUEL DIVERTED TO TSO BUT ENGINE QUIT THREE MILES OUT. LANDED MUDDY FIELD. NOSED OVER. FUEL TANKS EMPTY. (-23) PILOT DEPARTED FLAGLER CO AIRPORT (X47) IN BUNNELL FL. FOR PORTAGE CO. AIRPORT (29G), REVENNA OH. JUST SOUTH OF CARROLLTON CO-TOLSON AIRPORT (TSO). PILOT STATED HE SUSPECTED A FUEL QUANTITY PROBLEM. HIS FUEL COMPUTER WAS READING 12 GAL. HOWEVER HIS FUEL GAGES WERE BOUNCING ON EMPTY. A DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO (TSO) FOR FUEL. APPROX. 3 MILES FROM (TSO) ENGINE QUIT, PILOT LANDED IN MUDDY FIELD AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 IAD96LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA079), May 20, 1996: Cessna P210N (N731NC), Carrollton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel management. Factors in this accident were the pilot's reliance on a fuel data computer and his untimely reaction to a known fuel quantity discrepancy.

## Other reports on N731NC (2)

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

- [Incident 19990104000039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990104000039I), Jan 4, 1999: Cessna P210N (N731NC), Crescent City, CA, Minor damage. Acft landed gear up. (-23) pilot demonstrating a short field landing elected to extend downwind leg to follow a twin Cessna on final. Pilot flew pattern at…
- [Incident 19911110056949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911110056949I), Nov 10, 1991: Cessna P210N (N731NC), Havre, MT, Minor damage. Nose landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Pilot stated he encountered nose wheel shimmy upon departure.

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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