Cessna 210M N761RG

Summary

On 4 March 1983 at about 16:50 local time, a Cessna 210M registered N761RG was involved in an accident near La Verne, California, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 March 1983 at 16:50

Classification

Accident

Location

La Verne, California, United States

Nearest airport

Brackett (POC)

Coordinates

34.1500, -117.7595

Aircraft

Cessna 210M

Registration

N761RG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Santa Ynez

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83FA122

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT HAD FOUND WATER IN THE WING TANKS DURING HIS PREFLT BUT DID NOT DRAIN THE FUEL ACCUMULATOR TANKS AS HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THEIR EXISTENCE. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT AT 100 FT AGL, BUT THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A LANDING ON THE ARPT. EXAMINATION REVEALED EXTENSIVE WATER IN BOTH FUEL TANK ACCUMULATORS, ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP OUTLET LINE TO THE FUEL SERVO AND THE FUEL MANIFOLD INLET LINE. THE CESSNA 210 OWNERS MANUAL STATES THAT IF WATER IS FOUND IN THE WING TANKS, THE ACCUMULATOR TANKS MUST BE DRAINED UNTIL THE WATER IS ELIMINATED. BOTH ACCUMULATOR TANKS ON THE ACFT WERE CAPPED WITH A QUICK REMOVAL TYPE CAP. THE EXTENDED ACCUMULATOR TANK DRAIN FITTINGS WERE NOT INSTALLED. LATER MODEL CESSNA 210 ACFT HAVE THE EXTERIOR DRAINS INSTALLED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.