- Date
- December 3, 1984, 16:45 local (Dec 4, 1984, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7606PCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841203066709A
- Case key
- 24603
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt elected to make a precautionary landing at Lancaster due to a low fuel state. Eng quit while on downwind in traffic pattern. Unable to make it to the rwy, an off arpt landing was made during which the acft was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7606P
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000022
- Airframe hours
- 2,100
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gilbert R. Enriquez, doing business as El Rancho Market, Inc.
- Registered owner
- El Rancho Market, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 26, 1984 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Q49 · Firebaught, CA
- Destination
- EMT · El Monte, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- WJF · Gen Wm. J. Fox
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 760 total · 89 in this make and model · 572 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 2 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.