A cessna T210R pilot had to make an off airport landing on a road after fuel exhaustion. Extensive a...

Attributes
ACN	347310
Time
Date	199608
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mcb
State Reference	MS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mcb
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C, 210D
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 770 flight time type : 110
ASRS Report	347310
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

In sum: a cessna 210R pilot planned a solo IFR flight from fxe to M11 with hks as an alternate. Reporter used the owner's manual for performance data and backed this up with a computer flight plan that also used the aircraft manual performance figures. Reporter had to make a WX deviation that added 20 mins to the flight. After 4 hours flight, the original flight plan time, reporter checked the fuel gauges which showed 10 gallons each side. This was right on schedule. When in VMC and within 20 mi of the destination, reporter checked the fuel gauges again to find that reporter now had only 10 mins of fuel, the gauges were below the red line. The destination was enduring heavy rain. Reporter's GPS gave another airport 16 mi away, mcb. Within 6 mi of mcb, the engine sputtered and quit at 1500 ft AGL. The reporter landed wheels up on a road avoiding power lines and trees. The aircraft was lifted onto a trailer and taken to mcb. A propeller shaft runout showed no bending. A new propeller was installed and the aircraft was ferried to hks for repairs. The reporter found that actual fuel burn was 16 gallons more than the handbook (22 percent more). The pilot has low time in aircraft on long trips. The reporter believes that the fuel flow indicator was inaccurate. The reporter is sure that the fuel tanks were full before departure as there was fuel sloshing out of the caps at departure. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter's aircraft is back in the air after a $46000 repair bill including a new propeller and extensive new belly skin. The instruments were all tweaked and now the fuel flow is down to 17 gallons per hour vice the 20 gallons per hour of the trip. The tachometer was found to be reading 125 RPM low causing most of the excessive fuel flow. No fuel leakage was found. The reporter has made no modifications from its stock condition that might have produced extra drag.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CESSNA T210R PLT HAD TO MAKE AN OFF ARPT LNDG ON A ROAD AFTER FUEL EXHAUSTION. EXTENSIVE ACFT DAMAGE PROP AND BELLY SKINS AS PLT HAD TO MAKE A GEAR UP LNDG. LNDG OBSTRUCTIONS WERE TREES AND PWR LINES.

Narrative: IN SUM: A CESSNA 210R PLT PLANNED A SOLO IFR FLT FROM FXE TO M11 WITH HKS AS AN ALTERNATE. RPTR USED THE OWNER'S MANUAL FOR PERFORMANCE DATA AND BACKED THIS UP WITH A COMPUTER FLT PLAN THAT ALSO USED THE ACFT MANUAL PERFORMANCE FIGURES. RPTR HAD TO MAKE A WX DEV THAT ADDED 20 MINS TO THE FLT. AFTER 4 HRS FLT, THE ORIGINAL FLT PLAN TIME, RPTR CHKED THE FUEL GAUGES WHICH SHOWED 10 GALLONS EACH SIDE. THIS WAS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE. WHEN IN VMC AND WITHIN 20 MI OF THE DEST, RPTR CHKED THE FUEL GAUGES AGAIN TO FIND THAT RPTR NOW HAD ONLY 10 MINS OF FUEL, THE GAUGES WERE BELOW THE RED LINE. THE DEST WAS ENDURING HVY RAIN. RPTR'S GPS GAVE ANOTHER ARPT 16 MI AWAY, MCB. WITHIN 6 MI OF MCB, THE ENG SPUTTERED AND QUIT AT 1500 FT AGL. THE RPTR LANDED WHEELS UP ON A ROAD AVOIDING PWR LINES AND TREES. THE ACFT WAS LIFTED ONTO A TRAILER AND TAKEN TO MCB. A PROP SHAFT RUNOUT SHOWED NO BENDING. A NEW PROP WAS INSTALLED AND THE ACFT WAS FERRIED TO HKS FOR REPAIRS. THE RPTR FOUND THAT ACTUAL FUEL BURN WAS 16 GALLONS MORE THAN THE HANDBOOK (22 PERCENT MORE). THE PLT HAS LOW TIME IN ACFT ON LONG TRIPS. THE RPTR BELIEVES THAT THE FUEL FLOW INDICATOR WAS INACCURATE. THE RPTR IS SURE THAT THE FUEL TANKS WERE FULL BEFORE DEP AS THERE WAS FUEL SLOSHING OUT OF THE CAPS AT DEP. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR'S ACFT IS BACK IN THE AIR AFTER A $46000 REPAIR BILL INCLUDING A NEW PROP AND EXTENSIVE NEW BELLY SKIN. THE INSTS WERE ALL TWEAKED AND NOW THE FUEL FLOW IS DOWN TO 17 GALLONS PER HR VICE THE 20 GALLONS PER HR OF THE TRIP. THE TACHOMETER WAS FOUND TO BE READING 125 RPM LOW CAUSING MOST OF THE EXCESSIVE FUEL FLOW. NO FUEL LEAKAGE WAS FOUND. THE RPTR HAS MADE NO MODIFICATIONS FROM ITS STOCK CONDITION THAT MIGHT HAVE PRODUCED EXTRA DRAG.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A cessna T210R pilot had to make an off airport landing on a road after fuel exhaustion. Extensive aircraft damage propeller and belly skins as pilot had to make a gear up landing. Landing obstructions were trees and power lines.