# NTSB SEA87LA191: Cessna P210N, N4500K, Las Vegas, NV, September 21, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 21, 1987, 10:34 local (17:34 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Coordinates: 36.118999, -115.079063 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1190&lon=-115.0791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40697
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40697/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA191

## 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 - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - gear extension - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - lowering of flaps - premature, pilot in command (cause)
- Undershoot, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4500K), registered now, S/N P21000201, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21000201
- Airframe hours: 1046
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870921055059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870921055059A), Sep 21, 1987: Cessna P210N, Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel near destination. Crash landed just short of a nearby airport runway. Had failed to fuel at stops.

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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