# Accident 20151119022499A: Cessna T210N, Pomona, CA, November 19, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2015, 13:38 local time
- Place: Pomona, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91HC-2016-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-R (registry code 17267, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151119022499A

## Narrative

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

THIS AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CAMARILLO-KCMA AIRPORT AT 09:11 HOURS WITH FULL FUEL TANKS ACCORDING TO AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MISHAP PILOT. HE WAS ENGAGED IN HIGH ALTITUDE AERIAL SURVEYS -- IN SAN DIEGO VICINITY AND STATED HE INTENDED TO REFUEL AT BRACKETT FIELD WHILE ENROUTE HOME. AT 12500 FT AND WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT BRACKETT FIELD FOR REFUEL, HE STATED HE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AT 13:38 HOURS (APPROXIMATE). WHILE IT WAS DESCENDING THE AIRCRAFT, THEN HIT AN ADVERTISING SIGN LOCATED AT POMONA RACEWAY, APPROXIMATELY 45 FT AGL WITH ITS LEFT WING-- CARTWHEELING, SIDEWAYS ALONG IT'S FINAL APPROACH PATH AND IMPACTED A HIGHWAY, INVERTED AND SKIDDED ANOTHER 75 FT INTO A CHAIN LINK-FENCE COMING TO REST ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE AIPORT (POC). A POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMED 90% OF THIS AIRCRAFT. AT THE TEARDOWN CONDUCTED AT CHINO AIRPORT ON JANUARY 6, 2016 THE CONTRACTOR IDENTIFIED 9 QUARTS OF WATER IN THE RIGHT WING FUEL CELL DURING THE POST CRASH INVESTIGATION.

## 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 WPR16LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA030), Nov 19, 2015: Cessna T210N (N91HC), La Verne, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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