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| Date: | Thursday 25 July 2024 |
| Time: | 17:44 |
| Type: |  Cessna 210K Centurion |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5767J |
| MSN: | 21059467 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beblenheim -
 France
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aalborg Airport (AAL/EKYT) |
| Colmar-Houssen Airport (CMR/LFGA) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Cessna 210K Centurion force landed after suffering a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion during the approach, 3 nautical miles north of Colmar-Houssen Airport (CMR).
On contact with the ground, the aircraft hit a road and flipped onto its back. The two occupants were slightly injured.
The estimated fuel load and consumption for the flight led the pilot to plan for a full tank. However, he was unaware of the aircraft's fueling requirements or the related FAA airworthiness directive. Fueling on a non-level surface resulted in a fuel load that was 6 US gal less than the maximum usable fuel tank capacity (89 US gal). The pilot then entered the incorrect value of 90 US gal into the EDM. Before the flight, the fuel load on board the aircraft was 7 US gal less than the pilot had assumed.
Contributing factors
The following factors may have contributed to the fuel exhaustion:
o Inappropriate adjustment of the air/fuel ratio (too rich an air/fuel mixture) and engine speed during cruise, which led to excessive power being used and therefore to excessive fuel consumption, undetected by either the pilot or the passenger;
o Fuel management based solely on the quantity of fuel remaining displayed on the EDM, which was an incorrect value given the difference between the quantity of fuel in the tanks and that entered on the EDM;
o a possible focus on oil pressure monitoring, to the detriment of fuel level monitoring;
o a failure to take account, due to the pilot's lack of knowledge, of an airworthiness directive issued by the FAA relating to the aircraft's refuelling particularities.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Local média : France 3
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a76809&lat=48.147&lon=7.356&zoom=14.0&showTrace=2024-07-25&trackLabels
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/709327/N5767J
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/haut-rhin/un-avion-de-tourisme-s-ecrase-dans-le-haut-rhin-deux-victimes-en-urgence-relative-3010127.html
https://c.dna.fr/faits-divers-justice/2024/07/25/l-avion-s-est-crashe-a-un-metre-de-moi
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 January 2011 | N5767J | Private | 0 | Crestview, FL |  |
sub |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
Location
Images:
Photo: BEA France
Media:
⚠️Accident du @TextronAviation @Cessna 210 immatriculé N5767J dans un champ près de #Colmar le 25/07/2024. @BEA_Aero a ouvert une enquête de sécurité et un enquêteur de première information s'est rendu sur place hier. Trois agents @BEA_Aero travaillent sur site aujourd’hui. pic.twitter.com/jJcIFm6pzo
— BEA ✈️ ⚙️??? (@BEA_Aero) July 26, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jul-2024 05:56 | PPV | Added |
| 26-Jul-2024 05:58 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 26-Jul-2024 06:27 | ASN | Updated [Category, ] |
| 26-Jul-2024 10:04 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source, Category, ] |
| 26-Jul-2024 13:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 26-Jul-2024 14:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 13-Aug-2025 08:04 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, Photo, ] |
| 13-Aug-2025 08:08 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 13-Aug-2025 08:49 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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