# Incident 20010420011339I: Cessna T210N, Erath, LA, April 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2001, 07:59 local time
- Place: Erath, LA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9588° N, 92.0374° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erath, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9588&lon=-92.0374&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7336C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7336C) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010420011339I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED AIRPORT FOR MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, AND STARTED TO DESCEND.  PILOT STATED THAT HE CHANGED FUEL TANKS, AND THE AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY REGAINED POWER, BUT SOON AFTER HAD COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A STATE HIGHWAY, WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO CALL A FBO CLOSE TO THE SITE, WHICH SENT FUEL.  PILOT TOOK OFF FROM HIGHWAY, WITH THE  ASSISTANCE OF STATE TROOPERS, WHO STOPPED TRAFFIC.  AN INSPECTION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS DONE, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE FUEL GAUGE WAS CORRECT, (INDICATING EMPTY WHEN EMPTY), BUT THE OTHER INDICATED 9-10 GALLONS HIGH.  THE PILOT WILL BE SENT TO A WARINING LETTER DUE TO IMPROPER PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION, AND DEPARTING THE FIELD WITHOUT ADEQUATE FUEL RESERVE.

## Other reports on N7336C (1)

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

- [Incident 20070815023589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070815023589I), Aug 15, 2007: Cessna T210N (N7336C), Corpus Christi, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On August 15, 2007, at approximately 06:15 hours, a Cessna 210 owned by deep south transport inc., and operated by the pilot [privacy data omitted]…

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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