- Date
- August 4, 1982, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Livermore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6976NCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71456
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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
Approximately 4 to 5 minutes after takeoff the eng failed. The acft struck a fence while attempting to return to the airport. The right fuel tank gauge indicated 30 gals & the right tank was found empty. The left fuel tank gauge indicated 10 gals & it contained an estimated 4 gals. The fuel selector was on the right tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6976N
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21068677
- Airframe hours
- 860
- Engine
- Continental TIO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Waldren Motor
- Registered owner
- Waldren Motor
- Departed
- Livermore, CA
- Destination
- Reno, NV
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 598 total · 59 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 181 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg