# Accident 20080801843889A: Cessna T210L, Ketchikan, AK, August 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2008, 19:06 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.4269° N, 131.8428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.4269&lon=-131.8428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59214, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59214-2010-02-01) (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: 2,700 total, 500 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080801843889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DITCHED 7 MILES SHORT OF KETCHIKAN RUNWAY 11 ON IFR/VFR FLIGHT FROM BELLINGHAM, WAS DUE TO FUEL STARVATION, UNPLANNED HEADWINDS, FLIGHT PLANNING, FUEL ON BOARD, FUEL BURN/MGMT, ETC. NO INJURIES, AIRCRAFT SANK IN 50 FEET OF SALT WATER NEAR VALLENAR POINT ON GRAVINA ISLAND. SOME MAJOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT NOTED THROUGH UNDER WATER PICTURES TAKEN ON 8-2-08 MORNING BY KETCHIKAN FIRE AND DIVE RESCUE.

## 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 ANC08LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA095), Aug 2, 2008: Cessna T210 (N59214), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that there was sufficient fuel on board the airplane for the planned flight, and his inadequate flight planning and navigation, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and…

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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