# Accident 19970822023399A: Cessna 210E, Oxnard, CA, August 22, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1997, 14:30 local time
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1896° N, 119.1695° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1896&lon=-119.1695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1808F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1808F-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,120 total, 15 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970822023399A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED, ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT OXNARD, HIT A BUILD, THEN A LIGHT STANDARD, CRASHED AND BURNED. (.4) DURING DEPARTURE CLIMBOUT, AFTER REACHING 1,500 TO 2,000 FEET AGL, THE PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR NOTED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT HAD NOT PROPERLY SET THE THROTTLE FRICTION LOCK AND THE THROTTLE HAD RETARDED TO ABOUT 15 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. THE PILOT INSTRUCTED HIS STUDENT TO ADVANCE THE THROTTLE, HOWEVER, WHEN THE STUDENT DID SO THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE ROSE MOMENTARILY AND THEN THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY STOPPED DELIVERING POWER. THE PILOT TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM HIS STUDENT, PERFORMED THE ENGINE FAILURE CHECKLIST, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND ESTABLISHED A GLIDE TOWARD A NEARBY AIRPORT. WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT GLIDE TO THE AIRPORT, HE TURNED TOWARD AN OPEN AGRICULTUREAL FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE ROOF OF A HOUSE AND A LIGHT POLE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FIELD BOUNDARY AND CAME TO REST AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT A FUEL SUPPLY HOSE HAD COME UNSCREWED OFF THE INLET NIPPLE OF THE FUEL SUPPLY CONTROL UNIT. AN 100-HOUR INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED THE PRIOR DAY AND THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT FOLLOWING THEINSPECTION.

## 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 LAX97LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA299), Aug 22, 1997: Cessna 210E (N1808F), Oxnard, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure a fuel supply line during a 100-hour inspection and the failure of inspection personnel to detect the loose fitting.

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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