# Accident 20111218028569A: Cessna T210L, Clewiston, FL, December 18, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2011, 12:00 local time
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Airport: Air Glades
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6003° N, 80.9417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6003&lon=-80.9417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N717KW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N717KW-2013-06-24) (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: 700 total, 400 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12IA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12IA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111218028569A

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT  FROM HWO TO 2IS/CLEWISTON, FL AT 2500 FEET NORTHBOUND, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER PILOT SWITCHED TANKS DURING DECENT CALLED OTHER AIRCRAFT TO PLACE MAYDAY CALL FOR HIM, MADE APPROCAH TO LEVY ROAD VIA COW PASTURE.  DURING APPROCAH AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINE DECENDED TO GROUND AND STRUCK BARBED WIRE FENCE BREAKING 3 FENCE POSTS OFF.  AIRCRAFT CROSSED ROAD STRUCK LEVY BANK WITH PRIMARILY LEFT MAIN GEAR FIRST HEADING NORTHWEST AT THAT TIME, FLEW INTO AIR CLEARING 20 FOOT LEVY, CAME DOWN ON OTHER SIDE OF LEVY AND CONTINUED TO CANAL WHERE IT LANDED IN WATER ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF CANAL/WEST BANK.  PILOT EGRESSED AIRCAFT THROUGH BROKEN REAR WINDOW WITH ASSISTANCE FROM 2 MEN THAT KNEW AIRCRAFT HAD GONE IN WATER. PILOT LEFT AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.  LOCAL SHERIFF ON SCENE SHORTLY.

## 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 ERA12IA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12IA114), Dec 18, 2011: Cessna T210L (N717KW), Clewiston, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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