# Accident 19980103000099A: Cessna 210, Compton, CA, January 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1998, 16:35 local time
- Place: Compton, CA
- Airport: Compton Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8709° N, 118.2108° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8709&lon=-118.2108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9406X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9406X-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 157 total, 10 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980103000099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO RUN OUT OF FUEL. PILOT MADE STATEMENT THAT HE HAD BEEN ADVISED THIS WAS A NORMAL FUEL LEAK FOR THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT. STATEMENTS SHOW AIRCRAFT HAD A FUEL LEAK HISTORY. (.4)FOLLOWING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, AN EMERGENCY OFF-AIRPORT LANDING WAS MADE ON A CITY STREET.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED AN ABRADED SOLID ALUMINUM FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND THE ENGINE.  WHEN THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS TURNED ON, A KNIFE-SHAPED STREAM OF FUEL EMANATED FROM THE LINE.  WHEN VIEWED WITH AN INSPECTION MIRROR, THE ABRADED AREA APPEARED V-SHAPED (GROOVED) AND THERE WAS A HOLE APPROXIMATELY 1/16-INCH DIAMETER THOUGH THE WALL OF THE TUBE AT THE DEEPEST PART OF THE GROOVE.  DRIED, CRUSTY FUEL STAINS WERE PRESENT ON THE FUEL LINE OVER A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES.  ADJACENT TO THE AREA OF THE LEAK THERE WAS A BNC-TYPE ANTENNA CONNECTOR ON AN UNUSED MARKER BEACON ANTENNA MOUNTED ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE.  AN ANNUAL AND PRE-BUY INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT 2.6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.  THE HANGAR PROPRIETOR REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD LEAKED FUEL ONTO THE HANGAR FLOOR SINCE SOME TIME BEFORE THE INSP                              ECTION, AND THE AIRCRAFT'S PREVIOUS OWNER HAD TURNED OFF THE FUEL SELECTOR TO STOP THE LEAKING. THE ARICRAFT HAD FLOWN APPROXIMATELY 10 HOURS SINCE   THE INSPECTION.

## 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 LAX98LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA067), Jan 4, 1998: Cessna 210 (N9406X), Compton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of maintenance personnel to adequately inspect the aircraft during an annual inspection to detect a chafed and leaking engine fuel supply line.

## Other reports on N9406X (1)

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

- [Incident 19870221026729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870221026729I), Feb 21, 1987: Cessna 210 (N9406X), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Found actuator piston rod had cracked and separated.

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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