- Date
- January 28, 1983, 04:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocotillo Wells, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N210DKCessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830128001709A
- Case key
- 23606
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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
The acft was on a night sightseeing flight when the engine quit. The fuel selector was on the left tank and the left tank was empty. The pilot switched tanks but the engine did not restart. The acft impacted the desert in a skid with left wing low. Post accident examination showed no fuel in left tank and about 2 inches of fuel in right tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210DK
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059791
- Airframe hours
- 2,826
- Engine
- Continental IO-520L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Morizono
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 3, 1982 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- Escondido, CA
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,800 total · 200 in this make and model · 8,800 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IPL, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N210DK · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.