# NTSB LAX91FA393: Cessna T210L, N2049S, Lakewood, CA, September 14, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 14, 1991, 12:24 local (19:24 UTC)
- Place: Lakewood, CA
- Location: 33.8226° N, 118.1684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8226&lon=-118.1684&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 27024
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX91FA393
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/27024/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA393

## Probable cause

AN UNDETERMINED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED DURING THE FORCED LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - building(nonresidential) (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PARKED IN A HANGER FOR 45 DAYS WHILE UNDERGOING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. AFTER THE INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED THE FUEL TANKS WERE SERVICED. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS THEN TOOK OFF ON AN INSTRUMENT DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRPORT. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT TO BEGIN A LEFT TURN, AS INSTRUCTED BY THE AIRTRAFFIC CONTROLLER, THEN ENTER A STEEP RIGHT SPIRALING DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A COMMERCIAL BUILDING IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY. THE PROPELLER BLADES DISPLAYED EVIDENCE OF MINIMAL ROTATION AT IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2049S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2049S-1993-01-19), registration cancelled 1993-01-19, S/N 21061016 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061016
- Airframe hours: 2335
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-H 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Eagle Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Eagle Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 8, 1991, 1 hours before
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LGB, Daugherty Field, runway 25, 5,420 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,906 total, 1,352 in this make and model, 1,472 as pilot in command, 49 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,700 ft overcast
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LGB, 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 19910914039979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910914039979A), Sep 14, 1991: Cessna T210L, Long Beach, CA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Engine quit on climbout. Stalled trying to turn back. Struck building and burned. Debris in fuel control outlet.

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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