- Date
- August 18, 1992, 09:28 local (16:28 UTC)
- Place
- Fallbrook, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N60856Cessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920818031879A
- Case key
- 27736
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion due to the failure of the pilot to refuel the aircraft prior to departure.
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
While in the traffic pattern the engine quit and the pilot attempted to land in a nearby field. The aircraft collided with a berm during the landing roll. FAA airworthiness inspectors examined the aircraft and reported that fuel system continuity was established. Only 5 total gallons of fuel were found in the aircraft tanks. The pilot said the aircraft was last fueled 8/10/92 in temecula, California, with the addition of 65.5 gallons of fuel. The pilot said he ordered the tanks topped at that time. The aircraft was then flown 2.5 hours to oakland and parked without refueling. On 8/16/92 the aircraft was flown in the local oakland area for about one half hour and again parked without refueling. On the day of the mishap the pilot flew the aircraft 2.5 hours to Fallbrook, where the engine quit in the traffic pattern.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60856
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060599
- Airframe hours
- 2,250
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-W-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas E. Grossi
- Registered owner
- Thomas E. Grossi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1992 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- OAK · Oakland, CA
- Destination
- L18 · Fallbrook, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 95 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N60856 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.