# Incident 20170518004849I: Cessna 210M, Geneva, AL, May 18, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2017, 14:00 local time
- Place: Geneva, AL
- Airport: Geneva Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0526° N, 85.8689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENEVA MUNI (33J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0526&lon=-85.8689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N301RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N301RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 34,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170518004849I

## Narrative

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

PILOT INTENDED TO MAKE A LOCAL FLIGHT IN VICINITY OF GENEVA MUNICIPAL AIPORT, TO RUN AIRCRAFT ENGINE AFTER MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED.  PILOT STATED HE RELIED UPON AIRCRAFT FUEL GAUGES TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF FUEL ON BOARD AND DID NOT VISUALLY LOOK IN FUEL TANKS.  PILOT STATED THAT FUEL GAUGES INDICATED BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 FULL OF FUEL BEFORE TAKEOFF.  PILOT REPORTED NORMAL RUNUP AND TAKEOFF.  PILOT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET AND WAS 8  -10 MILES FROM AIRPORT, MANEUVERING.  APPROXIMATELY 20-30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE  ENGINE BEGIN TO SPUTTER. PILOT TURNED TOWARDS THE AIRPORT BUT DECIDED HE WAS TOO FAR AWAY TO MAKE THE AIRPORT IF THE ENGINE QUIT.  ENGINE BEGAN TO CUT OUT MORE AND PILOT SELECTED A PLOWED FIELD TO LAND IN.  PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL GEAR UP LANDING. ENGINE NEVER TOTALLY QUIT BEFORE LANDING BUT WAS SPUTTERING AND SURGING.  DAMAGE LIMITED TO PROPELLER AND BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE.  PILOT ADMITTED THAT HE RAN OUT OF FUEL.  INVESTIGATOR WAS UNABLE TO DRAIN ANY FUEL FROM WING TANKS.  FUEL LINE FROM FUEL PUMP TO FUEL INJECTOR WAS DRY.

## Other reports on N301RS (1)

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

- [Incident 20070904020739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070904020739I), Sep 4, 2007: Cessna 210M (N301RS), Geneva, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Gear up landing.

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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