# Accident 20070901021719A: Cessna T210N, San Jose, CA, September 1, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2007, 12:33 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3333° N, 121.8167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3333&lon=-121.8167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5479A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5479A-2014-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,573 total, 2,523 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070901021719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 01, 2007, THE PILOT OF N5479A, A CESSNA T210N WAS ENROUTE FROM PSP AIRPORT TO HWD AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS GIVEN THE DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TO RHV AIRPORT. IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT, HE PUT THE GEAR DOWN BUT KNEW HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT AND LANDED IN A SHOPPING MALL APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILE FROM THE AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX07CA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA261), Sep 1, 2007: Cessna T210N (N5479A), San Jose, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel supply that resulted in fuel starvation.

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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