# NTSB ATL02LA019: Cessna 210D, N3776Y, Vero Beach, FL, December 21, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 21, 2001, 10:25 local (15:25 UTC) - Place: Vero Beach, FL - Coordinates: 27.655555, -80.418052 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4181&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 25, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Orlando FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 53953 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL02LA019 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53953/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA019 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel requirements for the flight, resulting in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause) - Forced landing, emergency descent/landing - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, emergency landing - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis Three to four miles southwest of the destination airport, the pilot reported a loss of engine power. The right wing struck the ground as the pilot attempted an emergency landing on a public street. No fuel was recovered from the fuel system during the post-examination of the airframe. ## Factual narrative On December 21, 2001, at 1025 eastern standard time, a Cessna 210D, N3776Y, registered to Stone House Aviation Inc., and operated by the commercial pilot, collided with the ground while attempting an emergency landing near Vero Beach, Florida. The personal flight operated under the provision of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and passenger both received minor injuries; the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight departed Palm Beach, Florida, at 0945. According to the pilot, the flight departed Palm Beach with partial fuel. During the preflight inspection of the airplane, the pilot used the universal fuel hawk dipstick to check the quantity of fuel in the system, but he was not able to determine the exact fuel quantity at departure. As the flight approached Vero Beach, the tower controller cleared the flight to land on runway 29L. However, while on downwind to land on runway 29, the pilot was advised by the tower controller of a wind shift that favored runway 04. The flight was subsequently cleared to land on runway 04. Approximately 3 to 4 miles southwest of the airport, as the pilot maneuvered to reenter the traffic pattern, the pilot radioed that the engine had lost power, and he would not be able to return to the airport for an emergency landing. The pilot selected an off-airport landing area and established an approach to a nearby street. As the airplane touched down on the public street, the right wing collided with the ground. Examination of the airplane revealed that the right wing assembly had been torn off. The main landing gear were attached, but the nose wheel had been separated. The windshield was broken and the top two sections of the engine cowling had been torn from the airframe. The post-accident examination of the engine assembly revealed the following: the propeller assembly could be rotated by hand, there were no restrictions and there was compression on all six cylinders, the fuel inlet screen was removed and there was only a trace of fuel, the fuel supply line from the firewall fitting to the fuel pump was removed and there was no fuel present, the gascolator bowl was removed and it had approximately 25% of its normal fuel capacity. No fuel was recovered from the fuel tanks, and there was no report of fuel spillage at the accident site ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3776Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3776Y-2013-04-17), registration cancelled 2013-04-17, S/N 21058276, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 210D - Registry model: [Cessna 210D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (registry code 2073414) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21058276 - Airframe hours: 3767 - Engines: Continental IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Robert M. Campbell - Registered owner: Stone House Aviation Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: F45, PALM BEACH, FL - Destination: VRB, Vero Beach, FL - Airport: VRB, Vero Beach Municipal, runway 04, 4,975 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 59; injuries: minor; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review April 12, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 460 total, 330 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 30° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.26 inHg - Observed at: VRB, 4 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20011221039489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011221039489A), Dec 21, 2001: Cessna 210D, Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) The engine stopped producing power during a right turn to runway 04 at the Vero Beach airport. The pilot made an off-airport landing on a city street.… From the NTSB's public API. 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