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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 310 · Decatur, AL · May 28, 1983

Date
May 28, 1983 · 13:10 local
Place
Decatur, AL
Airport
Pryor
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8KD
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL83FKJ04
Reported as
Cessna 310
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540A1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,620 total620 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left engine quit due to fuel contamination after lift off. Aircraft crashed into trees and ground.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL CONTAMINATION AFTER LIFT OFF. AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO TREES AND GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.