# NTSB MIA84LA107: Cessna 210N, N6006P, Lacrosse, FL, March 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1984, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Lacrosse, FL
- Coordinates: 29.780624, -82.030166 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7806&lon=-82.0302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31095
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31095/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA107

## 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
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indication (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate
- Forced landing, landing
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WENT DRY WHEN THE FUEL GAGE INDICATED IT HAD 6 GAL REMAINING. HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS, & SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE LEFT TANK EMPTIED WHEN THE GAGE INDICATED IT HAD 13 GAL REMAINING. HE TRIED TO LAND IN A PASTURE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH IT, SO HE LANDED GEAR-UP IN A BEAN FIELD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6006P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6006P-2017-09-07), registration cancelled 2017-09-07, S/N P21000135, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2073454
- Airframe hours: 930
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Larry Reeves
- Registered owner: P.M. Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PDK, ATLANTA, GA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 25 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840312019859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840312019859A), Mar 12, 1984: Cessna P210N, La Crosse, FL, Substantial damage. Reported ran out of fuel. Landed gear up in bean field.

## Other investigations on N6006P (2)

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.

- [NTSB SEA07LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA030), Dec 6, 2006: Cessna P210N (N6006P), Burns, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to put the landing gear down for landing.
- [NTSB DEN80FTM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTM02), Oct 4, 1979: Cessna P210 (N6006P), Fillmore, UT, substantial damage

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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