# NTSB LAX83FUG22: Cessna T210F, N6167R, Mecca, CA, September 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1983, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Mecca, CA
- Coordinates: 33.549457, -115.969642 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5495&lon=-115.9696&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23549
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FUG22
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23549/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUG22

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STOLEN ACFT, OPERATED BY PERSONS UNKNOWN, LANDED ON A ROAD AND TURNED OVER ON ITS BACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6167R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6167R-1984-06-25), registration cancelled 1984-06-25, S/N T210-0067 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210F
- Registry model: [Cessna T210F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (registry code 2073422) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T210-0067
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Donald Skaggs
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 22, 1983
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830918053049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830918053049A), Sep 18, 1983: Cessna T210F, Mecca, CA, Substantial damage. Stolen aircraft was seen to land on a road and nose over. Two people were seen to run from aircraft.

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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