- Date
- June 4, 2004, 12:36 local (17:36 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N59027Cessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040604010549A
- Case key
- 59498
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power.
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.
Analysis
The airplane impacted terrain during a forced landing. The pilot stated that while on final approach to landing, the fuel gauges indicated about five gallons of fuel remaining in each fuel tank. Post accident examination of the airplane revealed that there was no usable fuel in the airplane's fuel tanks.
Factual narrative
On June 4, 2004, at 1236 central daylight time, a Cessna T210L, N59027, piloted by a private pilot, impacted terrain during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. The pilot reported minimum fuel while on final approach to runway 19L (7,301 feet by 150 feet, grooved concrete) at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT), Wichita, Kansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot received minor injuries and three passengers were uninjured. The flight originated from Gastons Airport, Lakeview, Arkansas, at 1115, and was en route to ICT.
The pilot stated that while on a 4-mile final, the fuel gauges indicated 5 gallons per fuel tank. About the 3-mile final approach position, he determined that the landing runway would not be obtained due to a lack of engine power. He selected a landing site adjacent to the approach path in a large flow control drainage area. The airplane touched down on a level sandy surface within the drainage area.
Examination of the airplane by the Federal Aviation Administration revealed that there was no usable in either wing fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59027
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-60033
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H3A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J & G Aviation Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3M0 · Lakeview, AR
- Destination
- ICT · Wichita, KS
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 470 total · 155 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N59027 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.