# Accident 20120810016819A: Cessna P210N, Los Angeles, CA, August 10, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2012, 18:11 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0458° N, 118.4319° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0458&lon=-118.4319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41KA-2017-10-06) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12FA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120810016819A

## Narrative

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

N41KA, A MODEL P210N SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA AIRPLANE DEPARTED SANTA MONICA, CA AIRPORT NORTHBOUND ON A VFR TRIP TO MAMMOTH LAKES, CA.  FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 23 MILES NORTH OF SANTA MONICA, THE PILOT DECLARED TO SO CAL APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO SANTA MONICA AIRPORT.  THE PILOT DID NOT SOUND CONCERNED, NOR DID HE MENTION ANY PROBLEMS OR DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.  N41KA WAS HANDED OFF TO SANTA MONICA TOWER AND WAS THEN SEQUENCED BEHIND OTHER AIRCRAFT INBOUND FOR RUNWAY 21.  N41KA WAS SEQUENCE NUMBER TWO AND CLEARED TO LAND.  LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER, THE PILOT STATED THAT 'I HAVE AN EMERGENCY'.  SANTA MONICA TOWER ASKED THE NATURE OF EMERGENCY.  THE PILOT DID NOT RESPOND.  N41KA CONTINUED ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING (BASE LEG ENTRY FOR RUNWAY 21) UNTIL IMPACTING THE SURFACE 1.9 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 21.  SMOKE FROM THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT WAS OBSERVED NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT BY A POLICE HELICOPTER AND REPORTED TO THE TOWER.

## 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 WPR12FA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA349), Aug 11, 2012: Cessna P210N (N41KA), Santa Monica, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude during a return to the airport following an unspecified emergency; the nature of the emergency could not be determined because postaccident examination of 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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