# NTSB LAX84LA436: Cessna 210L, N29359, Chinle, AZ, August 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1984, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Chinle, AZ
- Coordinates: 36.229907, -109.569595 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2299&lon=-109.5696&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24370
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA436
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24370/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA436

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - low level (contributing factor)
  - initiated, pilot in command
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command

## Analysis

AT ABOUT 1400 MST, THE PLT TOOK OFF. HE CLIMBED & LEVELED OFF AT 8500 FT. HE WAS USING FUEL FROM THE RIGHT TANK WHICH RAN DRY, THEN HE SWITCHED TO THE LEFT TANK. AT THAT TIME, HE THOUGHT HE HAD 30 MINS OF FUEL REMAINING. HE DECIDED TO LAND AT CHINLE, AZ, & STARTED A DESCENT THEN THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. HE LEVELED OFF IN AN ATTEMPT TO REACH CHINLE, BUT THE LEFT TANK RAN DRY. THE PLT DECIDED TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD, BUT DELAYED LOWERING THE GEAR. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN BEFORE THE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED & THE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29359](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29359), registered now, S/N 21059858, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059858
- Airframe hours: 31778
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jim Sheppard, doing business as Gallup Flying Service
- Registered owner: Gallup Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 3, 1984, 22 hours before
- Departed: 0V7, KAYENTA, AZ
- Destination: GUP, GALLUP, NM
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,408 total, 33 in this make and model, 1,260 as pilot in command, 164 in the last 90 days, 59 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19840812065359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840812065359A), Aug 12, 1984: Cessna 210L, Chinle, AZ, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route. Put the landing gear down too late during the forced landing on a road.

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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