# Accident 20130518008589A: Cessna 210-5A, Wenatchee, WA, May 18, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2013, 12:00 local time
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Airport: Pangborn Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3928° N, 120.1983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3928&lon=-120.1983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4848U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4848U-2014-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5A (registry code 2073406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,450 total, 100 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130518008589A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 18, 2013, THE PILOT, WITH FOUR PASSENGERS ON BOARD, WAS APPROACHING WENATCHEE AIRPORT.  ON BASE LEG FOR RUNWAY 30, THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER.  THE PILOT TURNED TOWARD THE RUNWAY AND MANAGED TO LAND AT AN ANGLE TO THE RUNWAY ON THE PAVED SURFACE.  A HARD LANDING RESULTED AND THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY, AND  WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED TO THE GA FUELING AREA OF THE AIRPORT.  THE FBO LINEMAN ASSISTED THE OCCUPANTS IN FUELING THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTER FUELING, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WENATCHEE.

## 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 WPR13LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA247), May 18, 2013: Cessna 210-5A (N4848U), Wenatchee, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and his improper landing flare, which resulted in the airplane’s tail striking the runway.

## Other reports on N4848U (1)

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

- [Incident 19890420030819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890420030819I), Apr 20, 1989: Cessna 2105A (N4848U), Longview, WA. Made an emergency landing in a pasture due to engine failure. No damage to aircraft. Cause undetermined.

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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