- Date
- March 13, 1982, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Etiwanda, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5870FCessna 210G
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820313004069A
- Case key
- 70624
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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
The aircraft struck a ridge at an elevation of about 2000 ft MSL. At the impact point, the terrain sloped upward at an angle of about 35 degrees. The aircraft impacted in a near level flight attitude. The weather at the crash site was not determined. However, on the day of the accident, the weather reports and forecast indicated the mountains would be obscured by clouds. The los angeles basin was expected to be covered with about a 2000 ft overcast. The propeller separated from the engine during impact and displayed rotational damage. An examination of the flight controls revealed no preimpact damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5870F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 58870
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- D. Davis
- Registered owner
- D. Davis
- Departed
- Harvard, CA
- Destination
- Fullerton, CA
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 700 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.