- Date
- June 15, 1987, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Merced, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59104Cessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870615060709A
- Case key
- 25611
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 cross country flight, the engine lost power and quit aprx 4 miles from the airport. The pilot was unable to reach the runway and made a forced landing aprx 3 miles short of the runway. During the landing roll the aircraft collided with a fence and nosed over. Inspection of the aircraft revealed that aprx 8 ounces of fuel was drained from the entire fuel system. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59104
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060092
- Airframe hours
- 1,299
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jericon Aviation
- Registered owner
- Robert S. Savely
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1986 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- SLE · Salem, OR
- Destination
- MCE · Merced, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MCE · Merced, runway 12, 5,903 × 150 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
- 64
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 16,373 total · 450 in this make and model · 15,031 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCE, 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.
Other investigations on N59104 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.