# Accident 19870921055059A: Cessna P210N, Las Vegas, NV, September 21, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1987, 10:34 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Air Terminal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1190° N, 115.0791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1190&lon=-115.0791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4500K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4500K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,500 total, 275 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA87LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870921055059A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR DESTINATION. CRASH LANDED JUST SHORT OF A NEARBY AIRPORT RUNWAY. HAD FAILED TO FUEL AT STOPS.

## 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 SEA87LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA191), Sep 21, 1987: Cessna P210N (N4500K), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4500K (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20181020020439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181020020439I), Oct 20, 2018: Cessna P210N (N4500K), Nucla, CO, Minor damage. During landing pilot failed to put down the landing gear and skid down the runway to a stop. Had 5 POB. No injuries noted.
- [Incident 19930505018519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930505018519I), May 5, 1993: Cessna P210N (N4500K), Boulder, CO, Minor damage. Pilot landed long and fast. Departed end of runway. Continued over a bank. Remained upright.
- [Accident 19790221003369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790221003369A), Feb 21, 1979: Cessna P210N (N4500K), Mazatlan, Mexico, Substantial damage. Fuel exhausted on IFR flight plan. Emergency landing in a field. Aircraft nosed over.

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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