- Date
- February 18, 1990, 11:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Modesto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CGICHCessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 26615
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Probable cause
For an undetermined reason, the engine lost power.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft's fuel tanks were filled prior to the takeoff. The pilot had flown approximately 4 hours and 20 minutes and had reached a point 260 nautical miles along his visual flight route. He reported his location as north of the Modesto, California, airport on his initial radio contact for landing. The pilot then announced that the engine had failed. The aircraft crashed in a residential yard and collided with trees before impacting a garage. The aircraft was destroyed by post-crash fire and the pilot received fatal burns. Instrument meteorological conditions existed about 19 nautical miles north of the accident site. A post-crash operational test of the engine did not produce any evidence of a preimpact malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGICH
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060016
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allred, Charles V.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- OXR · Oxnard, CA
- Destination
- YYC · Calgary
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 44 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MOD