# NTSB LAX88LA287: Cessna T210N, N9746Y, Culver City, CA, August 15, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1988, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Culver City, CA
- Coordinates: 33.990558, -118.390609 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9906&lon=-118.3906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26081
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA287
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26081/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA287

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9746Y), registered now, S/N 21064585, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064585
- Airframe hours: 1630
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880815032999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880815032999A), Aug 15, 1988: Cessna T210N, Culver City, CA, Substantial damage. Engine lost power. On landing in a dry river bed, struck wires and crashed. Fuel tanks were empty.

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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