# NTSB Accident SEA97LA216
> **Cessna P210N** · 1997-09-26 · CRESWELL, OR, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA97LA216
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08938
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-09-26
- **Location:** CRESWELL, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.900802, -123.020225
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** P210N
- **Registration:** N6394W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper fuel management in which the fuel selector was positioned on tank with inadequate fuel  resulting in fuel starvation.  Also causal was the pilot's failure to perform the pilot operating handbook 'engine failure in flight' procedure.  A factor was a ditch in the forced landing area.

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