19990612006879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210N · San Carlos, CA · June 12, 1999

Date: June 12, 1999 · 18:07 local
Place: San Carlos, CA
Airport: San Carlos Airport
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5126A
Reported as: Cessna T210N
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520R
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 962 total962 in this make and model48 in the last 90 days

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.

N5126A was on approach to San Carlos Airport, San Carlos, CA, when the engine stopped operation. Attempts to restart the engine failed and the aircraft landed inverted 1/4 mile from the end of runway 30. All five people were able to exit the aircraft and no one was injured. The aircraft received minor damage to the left side of the empennage and the nose gear fork. Engine stoppage was due to fuel starvation. The pilot has contracted for remedial instruction with a CFI for additional training with emergency procedures.

As the FAA filed it

N5126A WAS ON APPROACH TO SAN CARLOS AIRPORT, SAN CARLOS, CA, WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED OPERATION. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED INVERTED 1/4 MILE FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 30. ALL FIVE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE EMPENNAGE AND THE NOSE GEAR FORK. ENGINE STOPPAGE WAS DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE PILOT HAS CONTRACTED FOR REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION WITH A CFI FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING WITH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.