- Date
- February 16, 1979
- Place
- Santa Clara, CA · SANTA CLARA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1726XCessna 210L
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790216002999A
- Case key
- 137691
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0036 79/2/16 SANTA CLARA,CA CESSNA 210L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0200 N1726X PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 38, 1253 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 79 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JOSE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD ON WET ROADWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1726X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Jose Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1726X · 1
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