- Date
- September 26, 1982, 11:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Placerville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9620TCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820926049159A
- Case key
- 72244
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot states he was descending from 10,000 feet to 8,000 feet when engine quit. Further stated fuel was above red arc-no steep or sharp maneuvers. No mention of rate of descent or deck angle in descent. Forced landing was made circling to right-useable fuel was in the right tank. Landing gear down and full flaps for landing. Landing was hard collapsing right main and nose gear. Fuel later drained was two to three gals. From both tanks. Less than one from left and less than 2 from right tank. Aircraft remained upright. Pilot made initial departure with zero fuel indication on left tank and right tank 3/4 full.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9620T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57420
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Lowry
- Registered owner
- William Lowry
- Departed
- S. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Destination
- Conrad, MT
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,450 total · 660 in this make and model · 1,390 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.