# Accident 19830528021849A: Cessna 310, Decatur, AL, May 28, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1983, 13:10 local time
- Place: Decatur, AL
- Airport: Pryor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6541° N, 86.9454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRYOR FLD RGNL (DCU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6541&lon=-86.9454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8KD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8KD-1990-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Reported engine: LYC IO540A1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,620 total, 620 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL83FKJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FKJ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830528021849A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL83FKJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FKJ04), May 28, 1983: Cessna 310 (N8KD), Decatur, AL, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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