- Date
- August 15, 1988, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Culver City, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9746YCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880815032999A
- Case key
- 26081
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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 pleasure flight, the engine experienced a loss of power. A forced landing was made during which the airplane collided with wires and was substantially damaged. During the inspection of the airplane, the fuel tanks were found exhausted of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9746Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064585
- Airframe hours
- 1,630
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Reeder, George W.
- Registered owner
- Hilltop Developers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1988 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- Palomar, CA
- Destination
- SMO · Santa Monica, 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,590 total · 6,210 in this make and model · 6,210 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °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.