- Date
- March 10, 1988, 15:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6380HCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880310005009A
- Case key
- 40785
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a maintenance flight, while on final approach, the engine ceased operating. Adequate fuel was available in the right fuel tank. The left fuel tank contained 4.5 gallons of which 3.5 gallons are unusable. The plt said he was slipping the acft on the final approach, when the engine started misfiring. The plt said he then switched tanks without success in improving eng power. A landing was made 2 miles short of the rwy in the desert. The landing damaged the main lndg gear and failed the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6380H
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 207A0502
- Airframe hours
- 6,897
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lang Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- LAS
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,005 total · 275 in this make and model · 917 as pilot in command · 89 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 19 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.