ERA18WA047

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna T210 · West End, Bahamas · December 14, 2017

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
December 14, 2017, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
Place
West End, Bahamas
Injuries
1 fatal, 1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N727TJCessna T210
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Fuel related
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Lead agency
Other
Parties
FAA AVP-100
Case key
96479

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N727TJ
Reported as
Cessna T210 (L)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
21061045
Built
1975
Damage
Substantial damage
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
GNV · Gainesville, FL
Destination
MYEH · North Eleuthera
Flight plan
Unknown
Equipment
Data recorder, Stall warning system

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.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
10° at 6 knots
Visibility
6 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
70 °F, dew point 48 °F
Altimeter
30.09 inHg
Turbulence
Unknown
Observed at
MYGF, 22 nm away