# Accident 20151013016899A: Cessna T210K, Boise, ID, October 13, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2015, 07:00 local time
- Place: Boise, ID
- Airport: Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SQPA
- Location: 43.5722° N, 116.2406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5722&lon=-116.2406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8273M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8273M-2018-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,487 total, 80 in this make and model, 232 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151013016899A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED KGEG WITH APPROXIMATELY 60 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT KBOI RUNWAY 10L. AT ABOUT 1 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT, THE ENGINE STARTED TO SURGE THAN LOSE POWER. PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON EAST BOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE I-84. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK AND 21 GALLONS IN THE LEFT TANK. PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO SWITCH TANKS.

## 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 WPR16LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA008), Oct 13, 2015: Cessna T210K (N8273M), Boise, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper in-flight fuel management due to distraction and self-induced pressure, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the…

## Other reports on N8273M (1)

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

- [Accident 19950807046979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950807046979A), Aug 7, 1995: Cessna T210K (N8273M), Bliss, ID, Substantial damage. On survey flight. Ran one tank dry. Unable restart on other. Nosed over landing. History of same. Unexplained.

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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