# Accident 19810615032509A: Cessna T210F, Lake Tahoe, CA, June 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1981, 12:40 local time
- Place: Lake Tahoe, CA
- Airport: South Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6143R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6143R-2014-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210F (registry code 2073422, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FXQ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FXQ20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810615032509A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT OVER LAKE NEAR AIRPORT. DITCHED. SHOP RAG FOUND OVER FUEL OUTLET. FUEL VENT WAS BLOCKED. COLLAPSED TANK

## 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 LAX81FXQ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FXQ20), Jun 15, 1981: Cessna T210F (N6143R), S.Lake Tahoe, 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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