# Accident 20170415021349A: Cessna 210, Minden, LA, April 15, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2017, 11:50 local time
- Place: Minden, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6578° N, 93.2986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6578&lon=-93.2986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7358E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7358E-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 68 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170415021349A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NEW ORLEANS (KNEW) WITH A DIRECT FLIGHT TO MINDEN (MNE). ON A LONG LEFT TURN ONTO FINAL TO MNE, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER. THE TANKS WERE SWITCHED FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AND BOOST PUMPS APPLIED STILL NO POWER. AIRCRAFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD  A QUARTER MILE NORTHWEST OF RUNWAY 19 STRIKING A TREE WITH THE LEFT WING THEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP UPRIGHT.

## 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 CEN17LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA157), Apr 15, 2017: Cessna 210 (N7358E), Minden, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N7358E (1)

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

- [Incident 19881127068159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881127068159I), Nov 27, 1988: Cessna 210 (N7358E), Durant, OK, Minor damage. Engine losing power and unable to correct. Emergency landing in field. Fuel injection system had failed.

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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