- Date
- November 6, 1978
- Place
- Hermosa Beach, CA · HERMOSA BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N761GPCessna T210M
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781106044299A
- Case key
- 138069
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4199 78/11/6 HERMOSA BEACH,CA CESSNA T210M CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1813 N761GP PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 37, 1045 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 24 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA LONG BEACH,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- MAG NORMAL POINT GAP .17 TO .19IN,POINTS FOUND TO BE .08IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761GP
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.