# Accident 20040604010549A: Cessna T210L, Wichita, KS, June 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2004, 12:36 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6500° N, 97.4331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6500&lon=-97.4331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59027, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59027-2005-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 155 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040604010549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19L AT WICHITA MID-CONTINENT, THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE TO A FLOOD CONTROL DIVERSION DITCH SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND OFF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO IT'S HOME BASE IN WICHITA FROM THE GASTONS RESORT 3,200 FOOT SOD STRIP AT LAKEVIEW, AR (3M0).

## 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 CHI04CA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA135), Jun 4, 2004: Cessna T210L (N59027), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N59027 (2)

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

- [Incident 19920903045699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920903045699I), Sep 3, 1992: Cessna T210L (N59027), Dumas, AR, Minor damage. Oil on windshield on climb. Vectored to airport. Departed runway. On rollout oil cap not secured.
- [Accident 19740621028059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740621028059A), Jun 21, 1974: Cessna T210L (N59027), Deer Lodge, MT, Substantial damage. Hit ditch.

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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