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Narrative: P210 N1400 La Jolla CA 15 Nov 2023 Fuel Exhaustion.

On November 15, 2023, about 2120 Pacific standard time, a Cessna P210N airplane, N1400, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near San Diego, California. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.

The airline transport pilot had filed an instrument flight rules flight plan from Buchanan Field Airport (CCR), Concord, California, with a destination of French Valley Airport (F70), Murrieta, California (see figure 1). The airplane departed CCR about 1734 and arrived at F70 about 2030. Due to poor weather conditions at F70 the pilot diverted to Mc Clellan-Palomar Airport (CRQ), Carlsbad, California. There was an ILS outage at CRQ, so the pilot elected to divert to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (MYF), San Diego, California, to fly the ILS approach.

The pilot was cleared for the ILS approach at MYF. Subsequently, the pilot reported that he was on a missed approach because he could not see the runway and requested another approach. He also advised ATC that he was running low on fuel. The airplane then maneuvered northwest of the airport, where the pilot reported that he was out of fuel before radar and communication contact were lost.

A search by law enforcement located the airplane wreckage early the following morning on a hillside in a residential area about 6 miles northwest of MYF. All major structural components of the airplane were located within the main wreckage site.

blancolirio: P210 N1400 La Jolla CA 15 Nov 2023 Fuel Exhaustion

Flight Information

Flight Code: 902980
Aircraft: Cessna P210N or Similar
Flight Plan: KCCR-F70-KCRQ-KMYF
Flight Route: KCCR-F70(RNAV RWY18)-KCRQ (RNAV Y RWY25 and/or Circling VOR-A)-KMYF (ILS 28R)

Description
Suggested flight at night in IMC conditions. Recommend trying the various approaches at the various airports as were attempted by the pilot in this incident. Included are downloadable flight plans for FSX and FS2020.

Download KCCRKMYF Flight Plan for FS2020 or FSX/P3D

Flight Code	Origin	Destination	Distance(NM)	Orig Airport	Dest Airport
902980	KCCR	KMYF	406	Buchanan Field	Montgomery-Gibbs Executive