- Date
- March 9, 1983, 19:27 local (Mar 10, 1983, 03:27 UTC)
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1766UCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830309006849A
- Case key
- 23635
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - not maintainedCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot had departed riverside with an estimated 28 gallons of fuel, 23 gallons in the left tank and about 5 gals in the right. He flew to Palm Springs on the left tank and began to let down from 11,500 feet. At 7,000 ft the engine quit. The pilot called Palm Springs about 5 miles away and reported he was low on fuel. The acft landed short of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1766U
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064741
- Airframe hours
- 28
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vincent De Sciose, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Sky Harbor Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Riverside, CA
- Airport
- PSP · Palm Springs, runway 12, 7,000 × 150 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,050 total · 321 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSP, 1 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.