# NTSB LAX82FVG34: Cessna 210, N9620T, Placerville, CA, September 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: September 26, 1982, 11:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Location: 38.7311° N, 120.7977° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Placerville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7311&lon=-120.7977&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72244
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FVG34
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72244/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVG34

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lowering of flaps - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9620T-2018-05-17), registration cancelled 2018-05-17, S/N 57420, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57420
- Airframe hours: 3300
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820926049159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820926049159A), Sep 26, 1982: Cessna 210, Placerville, CA, Substantial damage. Ran out of usable fuel en route. Landed in a short soft field with high sink rate.

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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