# Incident 20021017029209I: Cessna 210L, Wilmington, NC, October 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2002, 11:30 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4FL-2009-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021017029209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FARMINGTON, NY ENROUTE TO MYRTLE BEACH, SC AIRPORT. THE PILOT ALONG WITH HIS FIVE PASSENGERS WERE FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD NEAR THE WILMINGTON, NC AIRPORT. THIS LANDING WAS DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE PREFLIGHT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FULL OF FUEL (90 GALLONS) MORE THEN ENOUGH FOR THE FOUR HOUR FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N4FL (1)

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

- [Incident 20060128011329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060128011329I), Jan 28, 2006: Cessna 210L (N4FL), Farmingdale, NY, Minor damage. (-23) Mechanical problem prevented extension of the landing gear by the normal or emergency method. The aircraft was landed with none of the landing gears…

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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