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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210K · Arvin, CA · March 2, 1997

Date
March 2, 1997 · 09:18 local
Place
Arvin, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9469M
Reported as
Cessna T210K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520H
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,523 total40 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on March 2, 1997, at about 0920 PST, while on a VFR flight from rosamond skypark airport, CA, to palo alto airport, CA, Mr. Craig taverna, pilot-in-command of a CE-210-T21OK, N9469M, made an emergency landing about 30 nautical miles southeast of bakersfield meadows airport, (bfl). The aircrft had previously established radio communication with bfl and advised bfl of a fuel problem. During or after the engine stopped, the pilot evidently switched fuel tanks. The pilot was unable to restart the engine and returned to original fuel selector settings. There appears to be minor damage and no injuries. No other aircraft were involved in this incident. This incident is closed privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 2, 1997, AT ABOUT 0920 PST, WHILE ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM ROSAMOND SKYPARK AIRPORT, CA, TO PALO ALTO AIRPORT, CA, MR. CRAIG TAVERNA, PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF A CE-210-T21OK, N9469M, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ABOUT 30 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAKERSFIELD MEADOWS AIRPORT, (BFL). THE AIRCRFT HAD PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH BFL AND ADVISED BFL OF A FUEL PROBLEM. DURING OR AFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED, THE PILOT EVIDENTLY SWITCHED FUEL TANKS. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND RETURNED TO ORIGINAL FUEL SELECTOR SETTINGS. THERE APPEARS TO BE MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^