Cessna 210E N1808F

Summary

On 22 August 1997 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 210E registered N1808F was involved in an accident near Oxnard, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 August 1997 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Oxnard, California, United States

Coordinates

34.1896, -119.1695

Aircraft

Cessna 210E

Registration

N1808F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Camarillo → Burbank

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX97LA299

2 people were seriously injured.

The failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure a fuel supply line during a 100-hour inspection and the failure of inspection personnel to detect the loose fitting.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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During departure climbout, after reaching 1,500 to 2,000 feet agl, the pilot/flight instructor noted that the student pilot had not properly set the throttle friction lock and the throttle had retarded to about 15 inches of manifold pressure. The pilot instructed his student to advance the throttle, however, when the student did so the manifold pressure rose momentarily and then the engine abruptly stopped delivering power. The pilot took control of the aircraft from his student, performed the engine failure checklist, declared an emergency, and established a glide toward a nearby airport. When it became apparent that the aircraft could not glide to the airport, he turned toward an open agricultural field. The aircraft impacted the roof of a house and a light pole across the street from the field boundary and came to rest at the edge of the field. Postaccident examination revealed that a fuel supply hose had come unscrewed off the inlet nipple of the fuel control unit. An 100-hour inspection was completed the prior day and this was the first flight following the inspection.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.