# NTSB ATL83LA119: Cessna 210, N7379E, Folkston, GA, February 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 24, 1983, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Folkston, GA
- Location: 30.7964° N, 82.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVIS FLD (3J6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7964&lon=-82.0282&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6022
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6022/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA119

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise - normal
  - fuel system,tank - loose (contributing factor)
  - fuel system - siphoning (contributing factor)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT OBSERVED FUEL COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK VENT AND ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. HE TOUCHED DOWN IN THE FIRST 1/3 OF RUNWAY 17 AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 80 MPH. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED DURING THE ROLL-OUT AND HE STEERED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY TO AVOID A DROP-OFF BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY. BEFORE STOPPING, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT NOTED AN APPARENT 10 KT TAIL WIND. HE STATED THAT BEFORE LANDING, THE WIND SOCK INDICATED A CROSSWIND. THE WINDSOCK WAS LOCATED IN A SHELTERED AREA AND THE RUNWAY WAS LINED WITH 50 TO 60 FT TREES ON BOTH SIDES. A CHECK OF THE BRAKES REVEALED THAT THEY OPERATED NORMALLY AND HAD NORMAL WEAR. AN EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE LEFT WING BLADDER HAD PULLED LOOSE FROM ITS ATTACHMENTS AND HAD COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7379E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7379E-2008-05-30), registration cancelled 2008-05-30, S/N 57079, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57079
- Airframe hours: 3024
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-E 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bill Walker And Associates
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 12, 1982, 29 hours before
- Departed: SSI, ST.SIMONS ISL., GA
- Destination: TLH, TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Airport: 3J6, Davis Field, runway 17, 2,500 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,048 total, 82 in this make and model, 1,828 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Day
- Wind: 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SSI, 20 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 19830224005259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830224005259A), Feb 24, 1983: Cessna 210, Folkston, GA, Substantial damage. Fuel siphoning from tank vent on takeoff. Overshot runway returning to land. Struck trees. Fuel cell had collapsed.

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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