# Accident 20081004857079A: Cessna T210M, Savannah, GA, October 4, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2008, 11:30 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9150° N, 81.0275° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9150&lon=-81.0275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11PC-2010-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,180 total, 120 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081004857079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 4TH, 2008 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO IS A PRIVATE PILOT WITH INSTRUMENT/MULTIENGINE RATINGS AND OVER 2100 HOURS OF FLYING EXPERIENCE DEPARTED FROM TRENTON N.J. (TTN) ENROUTE TO ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA (SSI).  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING HER PERSONAL CESSNA T210M REGISTERED N11PC.  THIS WAS A DAY VFR FLIGHT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT WHEN SHE REPORTED LOSING POWER 1 MINUTE 38 SECONDS AFTER BEGINNING HER DESCENT FROM 4500 FT INTO SSI.  SHE REQUESTED THE LOCATION OF THE CLOSEST AIRPORT AND WAS TOLD SHE WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD.  3 MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS LATER AIR TRAFFIC INDICATED RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE MARSH SOUTH OF SKIDAWAY ISLAND.  SHE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD.

## 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 ERA09LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA004), Oct 4, 2008: Cessna T210M (N11PC), Savannah, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power in flight due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's improper fuel management.

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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