# Incident 20120331005119I: Cessna 210-5, Lake Wales, FL, March 31, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2012, 19:10 local time
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Airport: Lake Wales Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 27.9522° N, 81.6008° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9522&lon=-81.6008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N224AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5 (registry code 2073404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550F9
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120331005119I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED X25 INTENDING TO CONDUCT PARACHUTE DROPS AND CRASHED AFTER DEPARTURE IN A FIELD WITH SEVEN PEOPLE ON BOARD.  MINOR INJURIES AND ONLY THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS RELEASED SHORTLY AFTER.

## 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 ERA12LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA261), Mar 31, 2012: Cessna 210-5 (N224AL), Lake Wales, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation and fuel management, 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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