- Date
- March 29, 1984, 17:50 local (Mar 30, 1984, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Seaside, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7972NCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840329012359A
- Case key
- 39888
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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 acft nosed over during a forced landing in a soft field after a loss of power. The plt said that while the acft was descending thru about 6000 ft MSL, he ran the left fuel tank dry before switching tanks. His attempt to restart the engine, using the right tank, was unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7972N
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 63249
- Airframe hours
- 944
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dan Erickson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 19, 1983 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- 0Q9 · Sonoma, CA
- Destination
- AST · Astoria, OR
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,905 total · 80 in this make and model · 4,040 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AST, 10 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.