- Date
- September 18, 1983, 23:20 local (Sep 19, 1983, 06:20 UTC)
- Place
- Burbank, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4845WCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830918052319A
- Case key
- 23857
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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
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Light condition - nightFactor
Object - fenceFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
While on final apch for a night landing, the eng lost power & the plt was unable to reach the rwy. Subsequently, during an emergency landing, the acft hit the top of a cyclone fence, damaging the nose gear, then the acft slid into a blast barrier. An eng run-up was made, & later, a teardown was performed to check the crankshaft, but no deficienies were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4845W
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000628
- Airframe hours
- 428
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bengalaire
- Registered owner
- Joseph F & Cecile M Illig
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 16, 1983 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- VYN · Van Nuys, CA
- Airport
- BUR · Burbank, runway 7, 6,074 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 488 total · 23 in this make and model · 47 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BUR, 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.