# NTSB LAX82FA230: Cessna P210N, N6690P, Jamul, CA, June 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 21, 1982, 16:48 local (23:48 UTC)
- Place: Jamul, CA
- Location: 32.7184° N, 116.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamul, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7184&lon=-116.8709&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71184
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FA230
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71184/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA230

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS BEING VECTORED FOR ANOTHER APPROACH AFTER EXECUTING A MISSED APPROACH. AT 1642 THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR 5,000 FT. AT 1643 THE PLT WAS GIVEN A HEADING OF 090, VECTOR FOR THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE. AT 1647 THE PLT WAS GIVEN A HEADING OF 340. THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THAT HEADING WAS THE  LAST TRANSMISSION RECEIVED FROM THE PLT. THE ACFT IMPACTED A MOUNTAIN AT ABOUT 2,825 FT IN AN EASTERLY HEADING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6690P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6690P-2013-08-20), registration cancelled 2013-08-20, S/N P21000199, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P210-00199
- Airframe hours: 625
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-P 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Pacific Aero Center Inc.
- Registered owner: Pacific Aero Center Inc.
- Departed: SNA, SANTA ANA, CA
- Destination: SEE, SAN DIEGO, CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: runway 27, 5,341 × 100 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 18,950 total, 250 in this make and model, 18,250 as pilot in command, 34 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 144 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SEE, 11 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820621023799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820621023799A), Jun 21, 1982: Cessna P210N, Jamul, CA, Destroyed. Indicates pilot lost control on instrument approach. Recovered but too low for mountain terrain. Impacted mountain.

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.

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