# Accident 20090624047399A: Cessna 210-5(205), Porterdale, GA, June 24, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2009, 14:53 local time
- Place: Porterdale, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5678° N, 83.8728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5678&lon=-83.8728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8272Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8272Z-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5(205)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA366) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090624047399A

## Narrative

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

THE FOLLOWING FACTS ARE DERIVED FROM THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WRITTEN STATEMENTS: THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM VG58 TO FFC. APPROXIMATELY 5O MILES FROM FFC, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL DEPLETION OF THE  RIGHT FUEL TANK, FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY FUEL DEPLETION OF THE LEFT FUEL TANK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRASH LANDED IN A FIELD. THE FUEL CAPS WERE INSTALLED ON 6-23-2009 BY THE PILOT. THE FUEL CAPS WERE BORROWED FROM A FRIEND OF THE PILOT AND WERE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED ON A CESSNA 182RG AIRCRAFT. THE FOLLOWING FACTS WERE OBSERVED VISUALLY BY ME: THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRASH LANDED IN AN UNDEVELOPED SUBDIVISION IN PORTERDALE, GA; WHERE IT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. FUEL STREAKING FROM BOTH FUEL CAPS IS EVIDENT.

## 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 ERA09CA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA366), Jun 24, 2009: Cessna 210-5(205) (N8272Z), Porterdale, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's use of improper fuel caps. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s selection of an unsuitable area for landing.

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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