- Date
- September 21, 1987, 10:34 local (17:34 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4500KCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870921055059A
- Case key
- 40697
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 aircraft was on descent for landing at 6500 feet MSL about 5 miles from the airport when a total loss of power occurred due to fuel exhaustion. At 5000 feet AGL the pilot lowered the landing gear and at about 2000 feet AGL landing flaps were added. The aircraft touched down 1/2 mile short of the runway. During the landing roll the nose gear struck acement block, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft nosed over inverted. Investigation revealed a total of 3/4 of a quart of fuel remaining onboard the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4500K
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21000201
- Airframe hours
- 1,046
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert L. Simon
- Registered owner
- Robert L Simon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 1, 1987 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Destination
- LAS
- Airport
- VGT · N. Las Vegas Air Terminal, runway 7, 5,005 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23,500 total · 275 in this make and model · 13,500 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.