# NTSB SEA88LA055: Cessna 207A, N6380H, Las Vegas, NV, March 10, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1988, 15:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Location: 36.0519° N, 115.1593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from HARRY REID INTL (LAS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0519&lon=-115.1593&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40785
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40785/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA055

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6380H-1990-03-09), registration cancelled 1990-03-09, S/N 20700502 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Registry model: [Cessna 207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (registry code 2073604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 207A0502
- Airframe hours: 6897
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880310005009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880310005009A), Mar 10, 1988: Cessna 207A, Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Engine quit. Forced landing. Maintenance test flight, crashed in a rough dirt field. Ported low fuel on a side slip

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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