# Accident 20180624008509A: Cessna P210N, Detroit, MI, June 24, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2018, 19:57 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Coleman A. Young Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4072° N, 83.0250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4072&lon=-83.0250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3896P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3896P-2021-12-08) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180624008509A

## Narrative

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

06/24/18 2010 EDT, I RECEIVED TELEPHONE NOTIFICATION FROM ROC. ADVISING OF THE ACCIDENT AND LOCATION. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS.  DETROIT POLICE AND FIRE DEPT. WERE ON SCENE AND HAD THE AREA SECURED. WE RECEIVED NAMES OF THE OCCUPANTS AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION FROM THE DETROIT POLICE DEPT. WE FOUND THE AIRCRAFT LAYING ON IT'S BACK POINTING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION. WITH INDICATIONS OF A FIRE IN THE FIREWALL AND FORWARD CABIN AREA. WITH THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR EXTENDED AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. THE PROPELLER WAS FOUND IN THE STREET SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE ADJACENT TO THE ACCIDENT SITE WITH DAMAGE TO PROPELLER HUB, THE PROPELLER BLADES BENT FORWARD.  VARIOUS OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS WERE FOUND WITHIN A TWO HUNDRED FOOT RADIUS.  THE ACCIDENT SITE, WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE WEST OF DETROIT CITY AIRPORT, THE INTENDED DESTINATION. THE PILOT HAD COMMUNICATED TO THE TOWER HE WAS EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. HE PERFORMED A FLY BY ALONG RUNWAY 33 FOR THE TOWER TO OBSERVE THE CONDITION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE TOWER CONTROLLER OBSERVED THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR WERE EXTENDED AND THE RIGHT MAIN NOT VISIBLE. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE TOWER AS TO WHERE TO LAND ON THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT SET UP ON A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 7. SHORTLY AFTERWARD. HE REPORTED TO THE TOWER HE HAD RUN OUT OF GAS. A POST CRASH FIRE WAS RECORDED BY BYSTANDERS. ANOTHER BYSTANDER USED AN AXE TO BREAK A WINDOW AND OPEN THE AIRCRAFT LEFT DOOR TO ALLOW THE REAR SEAT OCCUPANT ESCAPE. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN VACANT LOT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE VEHICLES OR STRUCTURES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. HOWEVER A POWER LINE FOR STREET LIGHTS WAS DOWNED BY THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT. A TREE NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FROM THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN18FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA236), Jun 24, 2018: Cessna P210N (N3896P), Detroit, MI, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Also causal was the pilot's failure to divert earlier in the flight to another airport to ensure that the airplane had an adequate fuel reserve,…

## Other reports on N3896P (3)

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

- [Incident 20150119000159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150119000159I), Jan 19, 2015: Cessna P210N (N3896P), Midland, TX, Minor damage. On January 19, 2015, at 0924 CDT a Cessna P210N aircraft bearing registration number N3896P departed the paved surface after landing. The pilot attempted to…
- [Accident 19860329008089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860329008089A), Mar 29, 1986: Cessna P210N (N3896P), Ontario, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit after right fuel tank was run dry. Unable to restart on left tank. Landed gear up on the runway.
- [Incident 19780822048449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780822048449I), Aug 22, 1978: Cessna P210N (N3896P), Morristown, NJ, Minor damage. Main gear would not extend for landing. Down lock hydraulic line failed. Line part number S217840082

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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