# Accident 20130925022339A: Cessna 210-5(205), Weatherford, OK, September 25, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2013, 11:45 local time
- Place: Weatherford, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5307° N, 98.6808° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5307&lon=-98.6808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8472Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8472Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5(205)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,100 total, 600 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA565](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA565) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130925022339A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN STATED HE WAS INBOUND TO WEATHERFORD, OKLAHOMA (KOJA), OPERATING ON THE RIGHT FUEL TANK, WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. HE SWITCHED TO THE LEFT TANK AND CONTINUED. THE ENGINE THEN CEASED TO RUN. HE SELECTED A BASEBALL FIELD AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. APPROXIMATELY 3-4 GALLONS OF FUEL DRAINED FROM LEFT WING, LESS THAN 1 GALLON FROM RIGHT WING.

## 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 CEN13LA565](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA565), Sep 25, 2013: Cessna 210-5(205) (N8472Z), Weatherford, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power during descent.

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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