# Accident 20050307007269A: Cessna 210L, Oxnard, CA, March 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2005, 21:05 local time
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Airport: Oxnard Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2006° N, 119.2069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2006&lon=-119.2069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2044S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2044S-2006-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 17 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050307007269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STARTED TAKEOFF ROLL ON RW25 AT OXNARD AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 2105 PST. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE PILOT FIRST NOTICED SOME BRIGHT WHITE FLASHES AND THEN SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND AND THE TOP OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF BY PULLING BACK THE THROTTLE TO GROUND IDLE, MIXTURE TO IDLE CUT OFF, TURNED OFF MASTER ELECTRICAL POWER AND TURNED OFF BOTH MAGNETOS. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED, THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT THEN DISCHARGED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER INTO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, PULLED THE AIRCRAFT CLEAR OF RUNWAY 25 AND CALLED 911 ON HIS CELL PHONE FOR THE OXNARD FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHILE WAITING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ARRIVE THE SMOKE FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INTENSIFIED AND THEN BURST INTO FLAMES AND FIRE BURNED FROM THE PANEL TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE PLANE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE PILOT WAS TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION AT THE SCENE. END NONE TO FOLLOW.

## 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 LAX05FA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA108), Mar 8, 2005: Cessna 210L (N2044S), Oxnard, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A pinhole leak in the fuel pressure line during the takeoff roll that was ignited by an electrical arc associated with wires adjacent to the fuel line. A contributing factor in the accident was the…

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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