# NTSB ERA18WA047: Cessna T210, N727TJ, West End, Bahamas, December 14, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 14, 2017, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: West End, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 26.75, -79.033332 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7500&lon=-79.0333&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA18WA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96479/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18WA047

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190/sequence.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 361 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Ditching](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 186 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N727TJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N727TJ-2020-05-01), registration cancelled 2020-05-01, S/N 21061045, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210 (L)
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061045
- Year 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

## 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

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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