# NTSB ATL83LA075: Cessna 210, N1685X, Valdosta, GA, December 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 27, 1982, 10:32 local (15:32 UTC)
- Place: Valdosta, GA
- Location: 30.8327° N, 83.2785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valdosta, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8327&lon=-83.2785&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72905
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72905/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA075

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1685X-2015-09-02), registration cancelled 2015-09-02, S/N 21060720, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21060720
- Airframe hours: 1656
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821227066929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821227066929A), Dec 27, 1982: Cessna 210L, Valdosta, GA, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on final approach. Crashed into trees short of the runway.

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.

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