- Date
- March 18, 1987, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Elk Grove, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6446WCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870318006339A
- Case key
- 25543
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a local flight to check repairs to the aircraft cabin pressurization, the aircraft had descended from 8500 ft MSL to 2000 ft MSL when the engine began cutting out. Unable to maintain altitude to return to the airport, the pilot landed the aircraft in a soft field and upon touchdown the aircraft nosed over. Examination of the engine revealed that approximately 24 ounces of fuel was drained from the fuel system and the fuel tanks were found intact with no signs of leakage. There was no mechanical failure or malfunction reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6446W
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 00782
- Airframe hours
- 309
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520AF, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Patterson Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Thill, John E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 11, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- SAC · Sacramento, 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,968 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,671 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 76 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC, 9 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.