# Accident 20011221039489A: Cessna 210D, Vero Beach, FL, December 21, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2001, 11:30 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4181° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3776Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3776Y-2013-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 330 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011221039489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER DURING A RIGHT TURN TO RUNWAY 04 AT THE VERO BEACH AIRPORT. THE PILOT MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING ON A CITY STREET. THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE TURNED 180 DEGREES AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH SOUTH OF THE STREET. THE LANDING SITE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND BOTH OCCUPANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES TO THEIR KNEES. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE HIS PILOT CERTIFICATE OR MEDICAL IN HIS POSSESSION AND THE REGISTRATION NOR AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE WERE IN THE AIRPLANE. THE INLET SCREEN WAS REMOVED FROM THE FULL SERVO AND THERE WAS ONLY A TRACE OF FUEL. THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE SUPPLY LINE FROM THE FIRE WALL FITTING TO THE FUEL PUMP AND THE GASCOLATOR WAS ABOUT 25% FULL. THE ELT EMITTED A SIGNAL AND WAS TURNED OFF AT THE SCENE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL02LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA019), Dec 21, 2001: Cessna 210D (N3776Y), Vero Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel requirements for the flight, resulting in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N3776Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19940809031789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940809031789I), Aug 9, 1994: Cessna 210D (N3776Y), Chickasha, OK, Minor damage. Hydraulic line leaking at fitting. Low fluid. Unable extend gear. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19790810030259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790810030259I), Aug 10, 1979: Cessna 210 (N3776Y), Laredo, TX, Minor damage. Pilot landed gear up and without clearance after using wrong tower frequency.

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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