# Accident 20050923023719A: Cessna T210L, Las Animas, CO, September 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2005, 18:55 local time
- Place: Las Animas, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0528° N, 103.2369° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0528&lon=-103.2369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94263, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94263) (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 TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,903 total, 920 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050923023719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION, RESULTING IN A NO POWER EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD.

## 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 DEN05CA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA147), Sep 24, 2005: Cessna T210L (N94263), Las Animas, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Other reports on N94263 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810410030239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810410030239I), Apr 10, 1981: Cessna T210L (N94263), Amarillo, TX. During climbout oil pressure went to zero. Quick drain plug released oil.

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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