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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210L · Smithville, TN · May 9, 2000

Date
May 9, 2000 · 17:45 local
Place
Smithville, TN
Airport
Smithville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51CM
Reported as
Cessna 210L
Reported engine
Continental IO520L
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total1,670 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Pilot had 10 gallons of fuel in each wing. The duration of this flight was 5 minutes. Upon approach to airport pilot bank excessily fuel port sucked air. Pilot made emergency landing in field.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT HAD 10 GALLONS OF FUEL IN EACH WING. THE DURATION OF THIS FLIGHT WAS 5 MINUTES. UPON APPROACH TO AIRPORT PILOT BANK EXCESSILY FUEL PORT SUCKED AIR. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD.