- Date
- September 8, 1982, 21:22 local (Sep 9, 1982, 01:22 UTC)
- Place
- Near St. Peters, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9421YCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820908046769A
- Case key
- 71937
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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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the flight was uneventful until it was about 5 miles northwest of st petersburg, FL. At about that point, the pilot contacted the tower for landing and advised that the plane was low on fuel. Shortly thereafter, the engine lost power. The aircraft was ditched in shallow water at night in an inland waterway. During an examination, about 4 ounces of fuel was found in the left tank and the right tank was found empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9421Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064502
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Southern Management, Corp.
- Registered owner
- Southern Management, Corp.
- Departed
- ADS · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- PIE · St. Petersburg, FL
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,920 total · 53 in this make and model · 2,850 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 171 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.