# Incident 19991130033739I: Cessna T210N, Sioux Falls, SD, November 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1999, 04:30 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DUIA
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6960N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6960N-2013-08-06) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991130033739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) TWO DAYS BEFORE THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND COMPLETED THE SAME TRIP IN THE SAME AIRCRAFT AND REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT ADDING 75 GALS OF FUEL FOR THE 4.3 HOUR FLIGHT.  ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 2, 1999, THE OWNER-PILOT AND A NEW HIRE PILOT EMPLOYEE PLANNED THE TRIP.  ON THE LAST LEG OF THE FLIGHT, FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED FROM THE RIGHT TANK.  LEFT TANK INDICATED FUEL QUANTITY OF 1/4 FUEL.  PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT SIOUX FALLS, SD (FSD), ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT FOR FUEL.  DESCENT WAS STARTED AND ENGINE LOST POWER.  PILOT ELECTRED NOT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR TO GLIDE TO THE AIRPORT.  AIRPLANE CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.

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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