# Incident 20000509016809I: Cessna 210L, Smithville, TN, May 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2000, 17:45 local time
- Place: Smithville, TN
- Airport: Smithville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9854° N, 85.8091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITHVILLE MUNI (0A3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9854&lon=-85.8091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,670 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000509016809I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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