# NTSB MIA89LA175: Cessna 210L, N732AG, Miramar, FL, June 16, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 15, 1989, 20:39 local (Jun 16, 1989, 00:39 UTC)
- Place: Miramar, FL
- Coordinates: 25.990558, -80.27919 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9906&lon=-80.2792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 5, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32449
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89LA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32449/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA175

## Probable cause

INADEQUATE PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE FAULTY READING FROM THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indication (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

DRG ARRIVAL AT THE DESTN, THE ENG LOST POWER FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR PSND TO THE RGT TANK. AT THAT TIME, THE FUEL QUANTITY INDCR SHOWED THE RGT TANK WAS 1/4 FULL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT NOSED OVER DRG A FORCED LNDG. THE PLT RPRTD THE ACFT WAS TOPPED OFF WITH 77.1 GAL (462.6 LBS) OF FUEL BEFORE THE FLT, BUT HE DID NOT VISUALLY VERIFY THE TANKS WERE FULL. FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS FOR A WORSE CASE SCENARIO SHOWED THAT ABOUT 473 LBS OF FUEL WOULD HAVE BEEN USED DRG THE APRX 5 HRS OF FLT. TOTAL USABLE FUEL CAPACITY FOR THE ACFT WAS 534 LBS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N732AG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732AG-2017-03-06), registration cancelled 2017-03-06, S/N 21061358, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 210-61358
- Airframe hours: 1484
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Warnstedt & Braun
- Registered owner: Warnstedt & Braun
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 11, 1989, 21 hours before
- Departed: NC67, WEST JEFFERSON, NC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: HWO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,304 total, 350 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HWO, 3 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 19890615015739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890615015739A), Jun 15, 1989: Cessna 210L, Hollywood, FL, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel near destination and nosed over landing in a pasture. Failed to ascertain full tanks for flight.

## Other investigations on N732AG (1)

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 ATL04LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA015), Oct 13, 2003: Cessna 210L (N732AG), Hickory, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in a stall.

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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