# NTSB MIA86WA056: Cessna T210N, N5380X, St. Maarten, NT, January 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 3, 1986, 17:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place: St. Maarten, NT
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31723
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86WA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31723/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86WA056

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5380X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5380X-2013-06-12), registration cancelled 2013-06-12, S/N 21062747, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062747
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Deosie Wilson
- Registered owner: Alexander Barnes
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MKJS, MONTEGO BAY, OF
- Destination: MACM, ST. MAARTEN, OF
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCAM, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860103002079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860103002079A), Jan 3, 1986: Cessna T210M, St Maarten, NA, Substantial damage. Changed destination en route but had insufficient fuel. Ditched in the ocean 10 miles west of St Maarten.

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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