# Incident 20121222026339I: Cessna T210N, Aberdeen, NC, December 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2012, 09:42 local time
- Place: Aberdeen, NC
- Airport: Mackall Army Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FPIA
- Location: 35.0363° N, 79.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACKALL AAF (HFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0363&lon=-79.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102CR-2015-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121222026339I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TAMPA, FL (TPA) IN-ROUTE TO BURLINGTON, NC (BUY).  DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY DEAD STICKED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO MACKALL ARMY AIRFIELD (HFF).  DURING THE FLARE THE PILOT NOTICED HE HAD NOT LOWER THE GEAR AND DID SO DURING THE FLARE.  THE NOSE GEAR LOWERED AND LOCKED, THE MAIN GEAR DID NOT LOWER IN TIME.  DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT HE STATED THAT HE VISUALLY INSPECTED BOTH TANKS PRIOR TO DEPARTING TAMPA AND WHEN THE ENGINE STARED SPUTTERING HE KEPT SWITCHING THE FUEL SELECTOR BACK AND FORTH IN AN EFFORT TO RESTART THE ENGINE.  NO FUEL WAS OBSERVED DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE LEFT FUEL TANK.  RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS UNACCESSIBLE DUE TO THE HEIGHT OF THE WING.   THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY FLIGHT EXPRESS INC AN 135 OPERATOR OUT OF ORLANDO FLORIDA.      INFORMATION FROM THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE ORLANDO FSDO FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N102CR (2)

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

- [Incident 20041013031559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041013031559I), Oct 13, 2004: Cessna T210N (N102CR), Indianapolis, IN. (-23) Pilot stated that while taxiing, he came upon a slower taxiing aircraft that was not visible until too close. To avoid hitting the aircraft, the pilot…
- [Incident 19980319008079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980319008079I), Mar 19, 1998: Cessna T210N (N102CR), Cahokia, IL, Minor damage. Narrative: N102CR (EXR716) piloted by a jerry campers landed on runway 30R at cps on 19 March, 1998 at approximately 2046 CST and ran off the end of the…

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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