# Accident 19871111063529A: Cessna 210A, San Luis Obispo, CA, November 11, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1987, 17:16 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2270° N, 120.6301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2270&lon=-120.6301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9505X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9505X-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 179 total, 70 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871111063529A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED ON APPROACH. TOO LOW TO MAKE RUNWAY. HIT A FENCE AND NOSED OVER. NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND.

## 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 LAX88LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA039), Nov 12, 1987: Cessna 210A (N9505X), San Luis Obispo, 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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