# Accident 19981104031339A: Cessna T210L, Lodi, CA, November 4, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1998, 15:58 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1104° N, 121.1596° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1104&lon=-121.1596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29058, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29058-1999-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981104031339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CESSNA T-210L COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN WHILE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A FORCED LANDING AFTER EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED FROM IMPACT AND POST CRASH FIRE. ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE PASSENGERS, THE PILOT STATED THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND THAT THEY NEEDED A ROAD TO LAND ON. AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE QUIT AND HE NOTICED THE PILOT SWITCH TO THE OTHER TANK IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE, WITH NO SUCCESS. THE PILOT WAS TURNING THE AIRCRAFT AROUND, IN AN ATTEMPT TO REACH LODI AIRPORT, THAT THEY HAD JUST PASSED, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, MOMENTUM, AND CRASHED IN A DRY RIVER BED. (.4) THE NONSTOP CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT HAD BEEN AIRBORNE FOR 4.9 HOURS AND WAS ABOUT 30 MINUTES FROM THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION.  NOT LONG AFTER THEY HAD PASSED AN AIRPORT THE PILOT TOLD A PASSENGER THAT THEY WERE GETTING LOW ON FUEL AND WOULD TURN AROUND, LAND, AND REFUEL.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE PILOT ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND THAT THEY NEEDED A ROAD TO LAND ON.  AT THIS TIME, THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT SWITCH TO THE OTHER FUEL TANK IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE WITH NO SUCCESS.  THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND CRASHED IN A DRY R IVERBED SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE DISCLOSED NO EVIDENCE OF AN INTERNAL FAILURE.  DURING TESTING, A LEAK WAS FOUND IN THE NOSE SEAL OF THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP, WHICH ALLOWED FUEL TO LEAK OUT THROUGH THE UNIT'S OVERBOARD VENT DRAIN.  THE LEAK WAS QUANTIFIED AT 3 TO 4 GALLONS PER HOUR AT CRUISE POWER SETTINGS.  DISASSEMBLY OF THE UNIT REVEALED AN AREA OF RUST ETCHING ON THE DRIVESHAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CARRIES A TOTAL OF 89 USABLE GALLONS OF FUEL AND HAS A 13.83-GALLON PER HOUR FUEL CONSUMPTION RATE AT 65 PERCENT POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE FOR 4.9 HOURS AND WOULD HAVE USED 67.7 GALLONS OF FUEL.  AT A 4.0-GALLON PER HOUR LEAK RATE THROUGH THE FUEL PUMP NOSE SEAL, AN ADDITIONAL 19.6 GALLONS WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSUMED FOR A TOTAL FUEL USAGE OF 87.3 GALLONS.  THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE NOT LOCATED AND NO DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE FUEL PUMP MAINTENANCE HISTORY WAS 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 LAX99LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA024), Nov 4, 1998: Cessna T210L (N29058), Lodi, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to a leaking engine driven fuel pump nose seal, which increased the engine fuel consumption rate above the published performance chart values.

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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