# Accident 19780108000249A: Cessna 210H, La Verne, CA, January 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1978
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6636X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6636X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 114 total, 114 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780108000249A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT SWITCHED TANKS ON BASE LEG THEN ENGTNE FAILEO.LATER ENGINE UP OK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX78FUG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUG11), Jan 8, 1978: Cessna 210A (N6636X), La Verne, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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