# Accident 19980223001689A: Cessna T210N, Covington, GA, February 23, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1998, 12:30 local time
- Place: Covington, GA
- Airport: Covington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6322° N, 83.8466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COVINGTON MUNI (CVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6322&lon=-83.8466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1734U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1734U) (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 TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980223001689A

## Narrative

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

HEAD WINDS. DIVERTED 9AI FOR FUEL. FUEL DEPLETED ON VOR APPROACH. BROKE OUT NOSED OVER IN FIELD OFF AIRPORT. (.4)THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A GRASSY FIELD. DURING TOUCH DOWN, THE NOSE WHEEL SHEARED OFF, THE NOSE STRUT DUG INTO SOFT TERRAIN, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED-OVER. FAA INVESTIGATORS FOUND EMPTY FUEL TANKS AND NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE. THE PILOT STATED, IN PART, 'I DO BELIEVE IT WAS FUEL EXHAUSTION...'                   (-23)PILOT DEPARTED FT. LAUDERDALE AIRPORT (FLL) AT 0930L ENROUTE COBB CO. MCCOLLUM FIELD (RYY).  UNFORECAST INDS WERE ENCOUNTERED AND SEVERAL ALTITUDE CHANGES WERE AMDE ENROUTE TO FIND MORE FAVORABLE WINDS.  PILOT DIVERTED TO COVINGTON AIRFIELS (9A1) BECAUSE HE BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT LOW FUEL STATUS.  DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO 9A1 AT 1223L, PILOT CONTACTED ATLANTA APPROACH TO ADVISE OF AN EMEGENCY, THAT HE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL (2.9 HOUR OF FLIGHT TIEM).  AT 800; IN VMC, PILOT INITIATED APPROACH TO A FIELD AND AFTER A SHORT GROUND RUN, FLIPPED INVERTED NOSE TO TAIL.  ON SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT NO USABLE FUEL WAS IN TANKS AND NO FUEL LEAKAGE OR SPILLAGE                                          WAS EVIDENT AT CRASH SITE. AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS RESTARTED FORM RESIDUAL FUEL.  FUEL EXHAUSTION CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT CRASH.  ACCIDENT SITE WAS 1.5NM ESE OF 9A1.

## 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 MIA98LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA083), Feb 23, 1998: Cessna T210N (N1734U), Covington, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation and/or improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a forced landing. Soft/wet terrain in the emergency…

## Other reports on N1734U (1)

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

- [Incident 20180117000909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180117000909I), Jan 17, 2018: Cessna T210N (N1734U), Iowa, LA, No damage. Pilot departed ktcl, tuscaloosa, al enroute to kcwf, lake charles, LA to bring passenger. Pilot stated all ops were normal until approaching destination when…

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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