# NTSB LAX88LA039: Cessna 210A, N9505X, San Luis Obispo, CA, November 12, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 11, 1987, 17:16 local (Nov 12, 1987, 01:16 UTC)
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Location: 35.2270° N, 120.6301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RGNL (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2270&lon=-120.6301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25902
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25902/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA039

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, descent - normal
  - powerplant - undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - proper glidepath - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE APPROACHING THE ARPT THE PLT STATED THAT HE SLIPPED THE ACFT FROM 1800 FEET TO 1400 FEET, LEVELED THE WINGS, STILL DESCENDING, AND ENTERED THE PATTERN AT 1200 FEET. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH THE ENGINE QUIT. UNABLE TO LAND ON THE RWY, THE PLT LANDED IN A SOFT FIELD WHERE THE ACFT NOSED OVER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9505X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9505X-2013-05-23), registration cancelled 2013-05-23, S/N 21057805, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Registry model: [Cessna 210A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (registry code 2073408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21057805
- Airframe hours: 3911
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-E 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Robert K. West
- Registered owner: Robert M. Clarke
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1986, 70 hours before
- Departed: EMT, EL MONTE, CA
- Airport: SBP, San Luis Obispo, runway 29, 4,799 × 150 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 179 total, 70 in this make and model, 89 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SBP, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871111063529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871111063529A), Nov 11, 1987: Cessna 210A, San Luis Obispo, CA, Substantial damage. Engine stopped on approach. Too low to make runway. Hit a fence and nosed over. No engine defects found.

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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