- Date
- May 3, 1992, 12:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Shelter Cove, CA
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5468VCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920503013079A
- Case key
- 27613
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Probable cause
The complete loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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
The pilot said the aircraft had about 2 hours and 30 minutes of fuel on board when the flight departed for the 235 NM trip. After a 1.5 hour flight the aircraft arrived at Shelter Cove and the pilot entered a right base leg for runway 30. About 1.5 miles from the runway at an altitude of 1,500 feet, the engine suddenly quit. The pilot said he tried all emergency procedures but could not affect an engine restart. The aircraft ditched about one half mile offshore. The occupants were picked up by a passing fishing boat. The aircraft was never recovered from the ocean.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5468V
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2106075
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-4HA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David W. Larson
- Registered owner
- David W. Larson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1992 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 45 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.