# Accident 20220314003499A: Cessna T210L, Lancaster, CA, March 14, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2022, 12:57 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: General Wm J Fox Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7411° N, 118.2186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7411&lon=-118.2186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94001, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94001-2022-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,776 total, 1,304 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220314003499A

## Narrative

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

ON 3/14/2022 AFTERNOON AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PSP WITH LANDING GEARS EXTENDED FOR KWJF TO GET NOSE LANDING GEAR CHECKED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND FRIEND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AFTER THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECKS OF THE LANDING GEAR WITH AIRCRAFT ON JACKS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. PILOT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS PILOT FRIEND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS A PASSENGER ON THE RIGHT SEAT TOOK OFF FROM KWJF TO PERFORM TEST FLIGHT AND GEAR SWING OPERATION. PILOT STATED THAT GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY AFTER THE TAKE OFF. CLIMBED TO 4000 FEET CYCLED GEARS TWO MORE TIMES AND RETURNED TO KWJF FOR LANDING. ON APPROACH WHEN

PILOT SELECTED GEAR HANDLE DOWN BUT LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND, THE GEAR UP AND LOCKED GREEN LIGHT WENT OUT BUT HYDRAULIC POWER ON RED LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AND NO NORMAL GEAR LOWERING NOISE WAS NOT PRESENT. AT THE SAME TIME PILOT NOTICED THAT ENGINE HAD QUIT AND IT?S NOT PRODUCING ANY POWER. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT AND PROPELLER WAS WIND MILLING. PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT RADIOS WERE STILL WORKING HE CONTACTED TOWER AND DECLARED EMERGENCY. PILOT SWITCHED FROM RIGHT FUEL TANK WHICH WAS SHOWING 10 GALLONS TO LEFT TANK WHICH WAS SHOWING 12 GALLONS BUT ENGINE POWER DID NOT COME BACK. AIRCRAFT HIT THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCES AS PILOT TRIED TO AVOID THE POWER / TELEPHONE CABLES AND TOUCH DOWN ON THE SOFT DIRT AND BUSHES AND STOPPED AFTER SKIDDING APPROX. 150 FEET. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES AND IT?S BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND EVERYBODY CLIMBED OUT OF THE AIRPLANE, NO POST-CRASH 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 WPR22LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA126), Mar 14, 2022: Cessna T210L (N94001), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to the pilot’s inadequate fuel management which resulted in fuel starvation and subsequent collision with a fence during landing.

## Other reports on N94001 (2)

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

- [Incident 19870415044229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870415044229I), Apr 15, 1987: Cessna T210L (N94001), Tyler, TX, Minor damage. Gear could not be extended for landing. Landed beside runway in the grass. Suspect gear door solenoid was stuck.
- [Accident 19771123037969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771123037969A), Nov 23, 1977: Cessna T210L (N94001), Redmond, OR, Substantial damage. Plt rpts 85MPH stab apch,enctrd wind shear. Rolled rt,struck w/tip,rcvrd,lndd on rwy. Part pwr rcvry

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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