# NTSB LAX85LA058: Cessna P210N, N7606P, Lancaster, CA, December 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 3, 1984, 16:45 local (Dec 4, 1984, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Coordinates: 34.720916, -118.150627 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7209&lon=-118.1506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24603
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24603/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA058

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - precautionary landing - initiated, pilot in command
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7606P-2010-09-10), registration cancelled 2010-09-10, S/N P21000022, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P21000022
- Airframe hours: 2100
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841203066709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841203066709A), Dec 3, 1984: Cessna P210N, Lancaster, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit in traffic pattern because of fuel exhaustion. Unable to reach runway, landed in a field.

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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