# Accident 20061226027279A: Cessna T210L, St Louis, MO, December 26, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2006, 21:12 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DFJA
- Location: 38.8381° N, 90.2878° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8381&lon=-90.2878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6864C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6864C-2008-09-30) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,025 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061226027279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 3SQ, ST. CHARLES MUNICIPAL (ST. CHARLES, MO) AND CONTINUED TO KLIT (LITTLE ROCK, AR) WHERE HE DID NOT REFUEL. THE PILOT THEN CONDUCTED A 14 CFR 135 FLIGHT TO CPS, ST. LOUIS DOWNTOWN PARKS, (CAHOKIA, IL), WHERE UPON ARRIVAL HE EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION AND SPENT APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES TROUBLESHOOTING PRIOR TO LANDING. HE AGAIN FAILED TO REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT. HE HAD MAINTENANCE LOOK AT THE GEAR PROBLEM AND INFORMED THE COMPANY OF THE DISCREPANCY THEN DEPARTED CPS FOR 3SQ AT COMPANY'S DIRECTION UNDER 14 CFR 91 RULES. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL SUPPLY WAS EXHAUSTED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP RESULTING IN THE PILOT ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. HE OVERSHOT THE INTENDED LANDING AREA THEN EXECUTED A HARD LEFT TURN CAUSING THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND SHEARING OF THE NOSEWHEEL FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK TWO SMALL TREES WITH THE WINGS AND CAME TO REST IN A RESIDENTIAL YARD.

## 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 CHI07CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA047), Dec 27, 2006: Cessna T210L (N6864C), North St. Louis, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation due to an inadequate fuel supply. A factor associated with the accident was the soft terrain encountered during the landing.

## Other reports on N6864C (1)

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

- [Incident 19950104000859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950104000859I), Jan 4, 1995: Cessna T210L (N6864C), St Charles, MO, Minor damage. Narrative: landing gear failed to lower normally after cleared to land runway 24 at stl. Pilot orbited 6 NM n. stl an attempted emergency gear-lowering…

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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