# Incident 20011020027699I: Cessna P210N, Mountain View, CA, October 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2001, 16:52 local time
- Place: Mountain View, CA
- Airport: Moffett Field Nas
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3997° N, 122.0793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain View, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3997&lon=-122.0793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4580K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4580K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011020027699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT WHILE ON AN IFR DESCENT INTO SAN CARLOS (SQL) AIRPORT, HE INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO COMPLETE THE DESCENT CHECKLIST. THE STUDENT THEN SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE FULLEST TANK WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 30 GALLONS. THE ENGINE HESITATED AND THEN QUIT. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO TURN OFF THE BOOST PUMP AND THE ENGINE STARTED BACK UP. THE INSTRUCTOR CALLED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT THE MOFFETT FIELD (NUQ) WHICH WAS THE CLOSEST AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N4580K (1)

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

- [Incident 19851005060359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851005060359I), Oct 5, 1985: Cessna P210N (N4580K), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot stated aircraft seemed nose heavy on liftoff. Aborted takeoff and landed hard collapsing nosewheel.

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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