# NTSB LAX86LA156: Cessna 210P, N3896P, Ontario, CA, March 30, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 29, 1986, 18:49 local (Mar 30, 1986, 02:49 UTC)
- Place: Ontario, CA
- Coordinates: 34.020565, -117.579589 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0206&lon=-117.5796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25105
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA156
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25105/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA156

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, descent - emergency
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

A CESSNA 210P COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE AFTER A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE HAD A TOTAL OF 60 GALLONS OF 100LL ON DEPARTURE AND HE HAD SELECTED THE RIGHT FUEL CELL 45 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3896P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3896P-2021-12-08), registration cancelled 2021-12-08, S/N P21000071, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210P
- 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: P2100071
- Airframe hours: 1220
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSI0-520P 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: King Aviation Center
- Registered owner: 96p Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, June 5, 1985, 95 hours before
- Departed: FFZ, MESSA, AZ
- Destination: VNY, VAN NUYS, CA
- Flight plan: VFR/IFR
- Airport: ONT, Ontario International, runway 26L, 10,200 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,138 total, 26 in this make and model, 887 as pilot in command, 162 in the last 90 days, 58 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ONT

## 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 19860329008089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860329008089A), Mar 29, 1986: Cessna P210N, Ontario, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit after right fuel tank was run dry. Unable to restart on left tank. Landed gear up on the runway.

## Other investigations on N3896P (1)

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.

- [NTSB CEN18FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA236), Jun 24, 2018: Cessna P210N (N3896P), Detroit, MI, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Also causal was the pilot's failure to divert earlier in the flight to another airport to ensure that the airplane had an adequate fuel reserve,…

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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