Accident Cessna P210N N4845W, Sunday 18 September 1983

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Date:	Sunday 18 September 1983
Time:	23:20 LT
Type:	Cessna P210N
Owner/operator:	Bengalaire
Registration:	N4845W
MSN:	P21000628
Year of manufacture:	1980
Total airframe hrs:	428 hours
Engine model:	Continental TSIO-520
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Burbank, CA - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Van Nuys, CA (KVYN)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
WHILE ON FINAL APCH FOR A NIGHT LANDING, THE ENG LOST POWER & THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE RWY. SUBSEQUENTLY, DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING, THE ACFT HIT THE TOP OF A CYCLONE FENCE, DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR, THEN THE ACFT SLID INTO A BLAST BARRIER. AN ENG RUN-UP WAS MADE, & LATER, A TEARDOWN WAS PERFORMED TO CHECK THE CRANKSHAFT, BUT NO DEFICIENIES WERE FOUND.

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