# NTSB DFW06CA016: Cessna 210L, N59051, Baker, LA, October 26, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 26, 2005, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC) - Place: Baker, LA - Coordinates: 30.580554, -91.122497 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5806&lon=-91.1225&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 25, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Baton Rouge, Louisiana - NTSB case key (mKey): 62743 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW06CA016 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62743/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA016 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain clearance during takeoff roll. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run - object - vehicle (contributing factor) - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - object - tree(s) (contributing factor) ## Analysis The 794-hour private pilot made an uneventful emergency landing on a public highway following a reported loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Several attempts were made by the pilot to have the aircraft placed on a flatbed trailer and recovered to a suitable airport; however, the width of the trailers available for recovery was too narrow to accommodate the airplane's main landing gear. After several failed attempts to recover the airplane by ground, the pilot elected to fill the fuel tanks with 15 gallons of fuel and, after coordination with local law enforcement, attempt to takeoff from the private highway. Vehicular traffic was stopped in preparation of the airplane's takeoff from the highway. During the takeoff roll from the highway, the airplane's right wing collided with a side mirror of an 18-wheel truck and then struck the rear of an emergency vehicle. The collision with the vehicles made the airplane turn sharply to the right into a ditch, subsequently impacting trees. ## Factual narrative The 794-hour private pilot made an uneventful emergency landing on a public highway following a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Several attempts were made by the pilot to have the aircraft placed on a flatbed trailer and recovered to a suitable airport; however, the width of the trailer available for recovery was too narrow to accommodate the airplane's main landing gear. After several failed attempts to recover the airplane by ground, the pilot elected to fill the fuel tanks with 15 gallons of fuel and, in coordination with local law enforcement, attempt to takeoff from the private highway. Vehicular traffic was stopped in preparation of the airplane's takeoff from the highway. During the takeoff roll from the highway, the airplane's right wing collided with a side mirror of an 18-wheel truck and then struck the rear of an emergency vehicle. The collision with the vehicles made the airplane turn sharply to the right into a ditch, subsequently impacting trees. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N59051](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59051-2007-03-13), registration cancelled 2007-03-13, S/N 21060051, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 210L - 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: 21060051 - Airframe hours: 3600 - Engines: Continental IO-520L46B 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Michael Simon - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2005, 8 hours before - Departed: BAKER, LA - Destination: KBTR, Baton Rouge, LA - Airport: KBTR, Baton Rouge, LA ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 59; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; flight hours: 794 total, 250 in this make and model, 794 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 60° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 30.18 inHg - Observed at: KBTR ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Incident 20051026031179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051026031179I), Oct 26, 2005: Cessna 210L, Baker, LA. (-23) On October 26, 2005 while on a cross country flight aircraft ran out of fuel. Pilot made emergency landing on public road. From the NTSB's public API. 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