# Accident 19880802032649A: Cessna T210N, La Verne, CA, August 2, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1988, 16:38 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0048° N, 117.7799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0048&lon=-117.7799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79Y-1992-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,494 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880802032649A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINE CRASHED AND BURNED. WAS OBSERVED FLYING VERY LOW THROUGH A RAVINE PRIOR TO CRASH.

## 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 LAX88FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA278), Aug 2, 1988: Cessna T-210 (N79Y), Brea, 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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