- Date
- December 27, 1982, 10:32 local (15:32 UTC)
- Place
- Valdosta, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1685XCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821227066929A
- Case key
- 72905
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - inaccurateCause
Forced landing
Analysis
Plt stated he departed adel with 12 gals of fuel. Purpose of flt was to refuel at Valdosta (25 mi). Eng quit due to fuel exhaustion 1/2 mi short of Valdosta arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1685X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060720
- Airframe hours
- 1,656
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Matthew T. Clemons
- Registered owner
- Pete Clemons
- Departed
- C · Adel, GA
- Destination
- C · Valdosta, GA
- Airport
- Valdosta Municipal, runway 12, 4,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
N1685XRegistration cancelled Sep 2, 2015 · Cessna 210LAirframe modelCessna 210LEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 212 total · 72 in this make and model · 186 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.