# Accident 20101228054689A: Cessna T210L, Abilene, TX, December 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2010, 12:26 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4487° N, 99.7331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abilene, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4487&lon=-99.7331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210BH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210BH) (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 MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 954 total, 106 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101228054689A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS VFR ENROUTE TO ETN (EASTLAND TX) FOR A FUEL STOP WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING AND GOT AN IFR CLEARANCE BUT MISSED THE APPROACH WHEN HIS LEFT FUEL TANK RAN OUT OF FUEL. HE ACCEPTED VECTORS BACK TO ABI (ABILENE TX) BUT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK RAN OUT OF FUEL AND HE ACCOMPLISHED A POWER OFF LANDING ON THE PARALLEL ROAD OF I-20 AT MILE MARKER 291, 2 MILES NORTH OF ABILENE, TX AT ABOUT 1226 LCL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE LEFT STABILIZER CAUSED BY HITTING A SIGN POST.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N210BH (1)

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

- [Incident 20010518019959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010518019959I), May 18, 2001: Cessna T210L (N210BH), Oklahoma City, OK. (-23) Pilot was on a personnel flight from wichita, KS, to dallas, TX, when within 10 miles from Tinker Afb the pilot lost all power. The pilot declared an…

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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