# NTSB MIA82DA170: Cessna 210, Gainesville, FL, August 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: August 16, 1982, 19:26 local (23:26 UTC)
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Coordinates: 29.650382, -82.320663 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6504&lon=-82.3207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70799
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70799/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA170

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; 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

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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