- Date
- July 16, 1982, 14:41 local (21:41 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59242Cessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820716029601A
- Case key
- 69205
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
About 3 mi se of the arpt, with gear down & full flaps, the eng fuel pressure went to zero & the eng lost power. The pltdid not declare an emergency, but advised tower that the acft lost the fuel pressure. The plt was then cleared for a landing on rwy 19R. As he was descending on base leg for 19R, the plt realized he could not land on 19R & elected to land on the taxiway perpendicular to the apch ends of rwys 19L & 19R. The acft collided with an airport frequency sign, then veered and collided with N2MU holding for departure on 19R. The fuel pump cavity was found contaminated with rust & water. In 12/79 NTSB issued 2 safety recommendations concerning the Cessna 200 series acft fuel vapor problems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59242
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060175
- Airframe hours
- 1,816
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard John Kroll
- Registered owner
- Richard John Kroll
- Departed
- Parker, AZ
- Destination
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne Airport, runway 19, 5,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,157 total · 359 in this make and model · 1,120 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 0 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 162 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.