- Date
- June 14, 1987, 21:25 local (Jun 15, 1987, 04:25 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Bch, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6461NCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870614020099A
- Case key
- 25407
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a pleasure flight, the pilot informed an air traffic controller that he was running out of fuel and turning to an airport. During the descent the airplane collided with a tree and terrain. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6461N
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063035
- Airframe hours
- 2,118
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-520-R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Southwest Skyways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air Torrance Partnership 2
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 24, 1987 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- MRY · Monterey, CA
- Destination
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Airport
- L16 · Meadowlark, runway 19, 1,656 × 36 ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 294 total · 24 in this make and model · 238 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA, 8 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.