# Accident 20060212001959A: Cessna 210M, Long Beach, CA, February 12, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2006, 16:15 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7311° N, 118.1897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7311&lon=-118.1897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6895B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6895B-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060212001959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) TWO DOCK WORKERS WITNESSED THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPT TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE PIER, AND PULLED THE PILOT FROM THE WRECKAGE. NEITHER RECALLS HEARING ANY ENGINE NOISE. CONDITION OF PROPELLER INDICATES THE ENGINE WAS NOT DEVELOPING POWER. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME FUEL SPILLAGE, IT WAS NOT SUBSTANTIAL. UNABLE TO DIP THE TANKS DUE TO THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE AND ATTITUDE OF THE WINGS. NTSB WILL FURTHER DETERMINE AND CHECK FUEL CONDITION IN ENGINE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE BETWEEN TWO CONEX CONTAINERS (SHIPPING, RAIL CONTAINERS) WHICH WERE STACKED TWO HIGH. THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE FUSELAGE AND WINGS CLEARED THE CONTAINERS, HOWEVER THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THE LEFT FLAP (WHICH WAS RETRACTED) STRUCK THE TOP OF ONE CONTAINER, THEN THE AFT PORTION OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER IMPACTED LOWER ON THE CONTAINER, SEPARATING THE ENTIRE EMPENNAGE AFT OF THE CABIN AREA. THE PROP, ENGINE AND CABIN PORTION IMPACTED THE GROUND THEN SLID ABOUT 25 YARDS WHERE THEY IMPACTED MORE CONTAINERS WHICH WERE STACKED FIVE HIGH.

## 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 LAX06FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA113), Feb 13, 2006: Cessna 210M (N6895B), Long Beach, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: an erroneous low fuel quantity indication that led the pilot to attempt a precautionary landing in a congested and less than ideal location. The erroneous fuel level indication was due to multiple…

## Other reports on N6895B (1)

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

- [Incident 19970213005089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970213005089I), Feb 13, 1997: Cessna 210M (N6895B), Tulare, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 02-13-97, phillip gary balmat, acting as pilot in command of Cessna 210, N6895B, was completing a flight from stockton, CA, via merced, to…

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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