# Accident 20090424004699A: Cessna T210*, Hanford, CA, April 24, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2009, 14:25 local time
- Place: Hanford, CA
- Airport: Hanford Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2153° N, 119.5886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2153&lon=-119.5886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6584B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6584B-2010-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210*
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,950 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090424004699A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE POWER AT 5,000' MSL, APPROX 4 NM NORTH OF HANFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KHJO).  PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED RESTARTS BUT WAS UNABLE.  (HE ADMITS HE DID NOT SWITCH TANKS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT) THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCAFT IN A FRESHLY PLOWED (SOFT) FIELD, WITH GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN.  THE LANDING GEAR DUG DEEPLY INTO THE SOFT FIELD RIPPING OFF THE NOSE GEAR AND STRIKING THE LEFT WINGTIP.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND THE REAR FUSELAGE.  INVESTIGATION ALSO FOUND APPROX 8 GALS OF FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK AND NO FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE.

## 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 WPR09LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA214), Apr 24, 2009: Cessna T210M (N6584B), Hanford, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during descent due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's improper fuel management. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to use the correct fuel flow…

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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