- Date
- December 3, 1981
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N765DSCessna T210N
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811203077199A
- Case key
- 123070
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3272 81/12/3 SAN FRANCISCO,CA CESSNA T210N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 2854 TIME - 0641 N765DS PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 489 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO INT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA SAN FRANCISCO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT RPRTD INTERMITTENT ENG RESPONSE AFTR ADDING PWR FOR MISSED APCH.HIT WATER 675FT SHORT OF MM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N765DS
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Francisco Int
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.