# Incident 20030811016689I: Cessna P210N, Echo Bay, NV, August 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Echo Bay, NV
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3091° N, 114.4275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Echo Bay, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3091&lon=-114.4275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28JM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030811016689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FAILED TO SWITCH FUEL TANKS BEFORE DEPLETING THE FUEL IN HIS LEFT MAIN TANK. THE ENGINE POWER STARTED TO FADE SO HE ELECTED TO LAND AT ECHO BAY THEN DISCOVERED HE HAD NOT SWITCHED TANKS.

## Other reports on N28JM (1)

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

- [Incident 19860311018339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860311018339I), Mar 11, 1986: Cessna P210N (N28JM), Reno, NV, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower the gear for landing.

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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