- Date
- July 15, 1987, 14:28 local (21:28 UTC)
- Place
- Marina Del Rey, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7JTCessna T210L
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870715034729A
- Case key
- 25411
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Weather at dept airport was clouds at about 900 ft with tops at 2,400 ft. based on ATC transcripts and the recorded radar flight path, the flt entered the clouds about 1 mile from the end of the runway. Shortly thereafter the flt entered the los angeles tca. The santa monica local controller then told the pilot his position and advised him to exit the area. The recorded radar data showed the aircraft then entered a right 270 deg turn followed by a sharp left turn. Witnesses on a boat saw the aircraft in a steep climb attitude just below the bases of the clouds followed by rolling over and diving steeply to the ocean.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7JT
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059721
- Airframe hours
- 1,858
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rubinstein, Norman E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 11, 1987 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
- Destination
- SJC · San Jose, CA
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,360 total · 372 in this make and model · 1,266 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMO, 4 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.