Was Able To Guide Aircraft To Relatively Empty Area

Authorities in Long Beach, California are still trying to figure out who was aboard a Cessna C210M Centurion that crash-landed at a port facility on Sunday, and where he came from.

Port workers pulled the pilot from the wreckage of the aircraft, which had broken into two pieces during the hard nose-first landing. The pilot had been able to steer the plane to a relatively empty area of the Pacific Container Terminal, said Long Beach Fire Department Battalion Chief Jeff Reeb to the Los Angeles Times.

The wreckage came to rest near some steel containers, but there was relatively little damage on the ground and no one was hurt.

FAA records show the 210 (file photo of type, above) is registered to a private owner in Inglewood, CA.

Port officials say it was the first time a plane had ever gone down at the yard -- although it's a popular area with local GA pilots.

**   Report created 2/13/2006   Record 8
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IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 6895B        Make/Model: C210      Description: 210, T210, (Turbo)Centurion
  Date: 02/12/2006     Time: 0016

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Serious     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Substantial

LOCATION
  City: LONG BEACH   State: CA   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES INTO SHIPPING CONTAINERS AT A
  PIER, LONG BEACH, CA

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   0     Ser:   1     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED

OTHER DATA

  Departed:                             Dep Date:    Dep. Time:     
  Destination:                          Flt Plan:              Wx Briefing: 
  Last Radio Cont: 
  Last Clearance: 

  FAA FSDO: LONG BEACH, CA  (WP05)                Entry date: 02/13/2006

FMI: www.ntsb.gov