# Accident 20230127013019A: Cessna T210N, Murrieta, CA, January 27, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2023, 08:12 local time
- Place: Murrieta, CA
- Airport: French Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5606° N, 117.1303° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5606&lon=-117.1303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4758C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4758C-2024-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230127013019A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 24, 2023 AT APPROXIMATLY 0835 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA T201N WAS INVOLVED IN A NON-FATAL ACCIDENT CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS TO THE AIRFRAME AT FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT (F70) IN MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA. THE ACCIDENT HAD 1 PERSON WITH MINOR INJURIES WHICH WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) AND 1 PERSON WITH SERIOUS INJURIES (PASSENGER WHICH WAS A RATED PILOT). NO OTHER PERSONS WERE ONBOARD. THE FLIGHT WAS A PART 91 LEASURE FLIGHT DEPARTING FROM LONG BEACH AIRPORT (LGB) TO FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT (F70) FOR BREAKFAST AND WAS ABOUT 25 MINUTES IN DURATION.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND INDICATED HE BELIEVED THE AIRCRAFT HAD SLIGHTLY OVER A HALF TANK OF FUEL IN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS TANKS BASED ON THE AIRPLANES FUEL TRACKING SHEET AND VISUALLY CONFIRMED IT WITH THE FUEL TANK GAUGES. PIC REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATLY HALFWAY INTO THE FLIGHT HE REPOSITIONED THE FUEL SELECTOR SWITCH FROM THE LEFT TO RIGHT TANK AND FLEW FOR ANOTHER 13 MINUTES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN OVERHEAD OF THE AIRPORT AND ENTERED A RIGHT DOWNWIND PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 36. UPON ROLL OUT TO WINGS LEVEL ON FINAL APPROACH, THE PIC DETERMINED HE NEEDED TO ADD POWER BECAUSE IT WAS FURTHER OUT AND LOWER THAN EXPECTED. AT THIS POINT THE PIC REALIZED THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE THROTTLE INPUT. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO EXERCISE THE THROTTLE AND ON TURNED ON THE ELCTRIC FUEL BOOST PUMP WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE LEFT SIDE OF A RAVINE LOCATED ABOUT 2000 FEET SOUTH OF THE END OF RUNWAY 36. THE LEFT WING AND TIRE CONTACTED THE GROUND FIRST AND THEN SLIDE UPRIGHT DOWN THE RAVINE FOR ABOUT 100 FEET FLIPPED OVER AND THEN SLIDE FOR ANOTHER 20 FEET UPSIDE DOWN TO ITS FINAL RESTING PLACE. WEATHER REPORTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT INDICATED VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT WINDS.

CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.

## 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 WPR23LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA098), Jan 27, 2023: Cessna T210N (N4758C), Murrieta, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during the turn from base to final for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to not maintain traffic pattern altitude, which resulted in…

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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