# Incident 20011215037549I: Cessna 210H, Chandler, AZ, December 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2001, 10:15 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6148F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6148F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210H (registry code 2073436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 120 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011215037549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRIOR TO DEPARTURE PIC DID NOT VISUALLY VERIFY AVAILABLE FUEL ON BOARD. PILOT ESTIMATED FUEL ON BOARD BASED ON ESTIMATED FUEL BURN DURING PREVIOUS FLIGHT AND BACKED UP CALCULATION BY REFERRING TO THE INDICATION OF A FUEL GAUGE KNOWN TO BE SUBJECT TO ERROR. DURING COURSE OF INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO CHD AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## Other reports on N6148F (1)

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

- [Incident 20021004034939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021004034939I), Oct 4, 2002: Cessna 210H (N6148F), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) During preflight just prior to departure pilot was distracted by cell phone call. Pilot failed to remove aircraft tow bar from nose gear prior to…

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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