# NTSB SEA84LA075: Cessna T210N, N7972N, Seaside, OR, March 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 29, 1984, 17:50 local (Mar 30, 1984, 01:50 UTC)
- Place: Seaside, OR
- Coordinates: 45.849845, -123.570472 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8498&lon=-123.5705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39888
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39888/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA075

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel system - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - emergency procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7972N-2009-03-03), registration cancelled 2009-03-03, S/N 21063249, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 63249
- Airframe hours: 944
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840329012359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840329012359A), Mar 29, 1984: Cessna T210N, Seaside, OR, Substantial damage. Crash occured during emergency landing after pilot ran tank dry then was unable to restart engine.

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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