- Date
- August 16, 1982, 19:26 local (23:26 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- YS325Cessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70799
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionFactor
Fuel consumption calculations - improperCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
Analysis
The pilot ran out of fuel on the last leg of a flight that involved 4 enroute stops. He stated that the fuel gauge showed about 2 hours of fuel when he departed Gainesville. The forced landing occurred about 1 mile east of the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- YS325
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlos Escobar
- Registered owner
- Carlos Escobar
- Departed
- C · Lakeland, FL
- Destination
- C · Gainesville, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GNV · Gainesville Regional, runway 10, 6,502 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 16° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg