# Accident 19801016089849A: Cessna T210M, Sacramento, CA, October 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1980, 13:53 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6137B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6137B-2013-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 403 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801016089849A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT NEARING AIRPORT. CRASH-LANDED IN STEEP TURN OFF AIRPORT. POSSIBLE FUEL MISMANAGEMENT AND VAPOR LOCK.

## 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 LAX81FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA004), Oct 16, 1980: Cessna T210 (N6137B), Sacramento, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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