- Date
- May 30, 1988, 15:43 local (22:43 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6178NCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880530017329A
- Case key
- 26018
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Fuel tank selector position - improperCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Nose over
Analysis
While on final approach to the runway, the engine quit. During the forced landing the empennage caught on the airport boundary fence. The airplane collided with the terrain and nosed over. Inspection of the fuel tanks revealed that one tank was empty and the other contained 25 gallons. The pilot had just switched to the fuller tank when the engine quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6178N
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062949
- Airframe hours
- 1,011
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Neal, Dennis K.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1987 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- U30 · Temple Bar, AZ
- Destination
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Airport
- LGB · Daugherty Field, runway 25, 6,192 × 200 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 556 total · 188 in this make and model · 455 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LCB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.