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Status	Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date	Sunday 20 June 1993
Time	12:37 LT
Type	Cessna P210
Operator	Regal Quality Air, Inc.
Registration	N4813P
MSN	P21000115
Year of manufature	1978
Engines	Continental TSIO-520P
Crew	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Passengers	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total occupants	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage	Substantial
Location	Pulaski, IL United States of America
Phase	Landing
Nature	Private
Departure Airport	Saratoga Spring, NY
Destination Airport	Springfield, IL (KSPI)
Narrative	THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER TO ATC AND COMMENTED HE THOUGHT HE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A BEAN FIELD AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL. INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY OF USEABLE FUEL, AND THAT THE LEFT FUEL TANKS HELD APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER HE HAD BEEN USING THE RIGHT FUEL TANKS. THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE WAS TESTED AFTER THE ACCIDENT BY USING A SUBSTITUTE FUEL SYSTEM AND SELECTING THE LEFT FUEL TANK POSITION. THE ENGINE STARTED AND RAN WITHOUT ANY OBSERVED MECHANICAL ANOMALIES. Probable Cause: the pilot's improper fuel tank selection resulting in fuel starvation. A factor in the accident is the soft emergency landing surface.

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