# Incident 20180117000909I: Cessna T210N, Iowa, LA, January 17, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2018, 16:40 local time
- Place: Iowa, LA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2414° N, 93.0130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iowa, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2414&lon=-93.0130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1734U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1734U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 50 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180117000909I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED KTCL, TUSCALOOSA, AL ENROUTE TO KCWF, LAKE CHARLES, LA TO BRING PASSENGER. PILOT STATED ALL OPS WERE NORMAL UNTIL APPROACHING DESTINATION WHEN ENGINE STOPPED. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART ENGINE AND WHEN UNSUCCESSFUL, MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD.

WHEN ASI ARRIVED ON SCENE THE NEXT DAY, THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK AND ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT THAT THEY COULD HEAR SLOSHING IN THE RIGHT TANK. TEN GALLONS OF FUEL WERE BROUGHT TO AND PUT IN THE AIRPLANE AND THE ENGINE RAN FINE.

THE ASI ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO CURRENT REGISTRATION OR AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE ONBOARD.

## Other reports on N1734U (1)

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

- [Accident 19980223001689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980223001689A), Feb 23, 1998: Cessna T210N (N1734U), Covington, GA, Substantial damage. Head winds. Diverted 9AI for fuel. Fuel depleted on VOR approach. Broke out nosed over in field off airport. (.4)the pilot experienced a total loss of engine…

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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