- Date
- March 14, 1971
- Place
- Hntngtn Prk, CA · HNTNGTN PRK, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8295MCessna T210K
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160245
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0225 71/3/14 HNTNGTN PRK,CALIF CESSNA T210K CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 423 TIME - 1911 N8295M PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VAN NUYS,CALIF EL MIRAGE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING DF STEER. LND ON RR TRACK. FUEL GAUGES INACCURATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8295M
- Reported as
- Cessna T210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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