# Accident 19850506022779A: Cessna 310G, Palm City, FL, May 6, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1985, 19:29 local time
- Place: Palm City, FL
- Airport: Naked Lady Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1428° N, 80.3378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAKED LADY RANCH (64FA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1428&lon=-80.3378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2903R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2903R-1988-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310G (registry code 2074218, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310G
- Reported engine: CONT IO470D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,825 total, 36 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850506022779A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON LEFT ENGINE AFTER FUEL FLOW FELL ACCORDING TO PILOT. LANDED IN FIELD, AIRCRAFT SLID INTO A TREE.

## 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 MIA85LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA165), May 6, 1985: Cessna 310G (N2903R), Palm City, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2903R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780524039929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780524039929I), May 24, 1978: Cessna 310 (N2903R), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Nose gear could not be extended for landing. Tube assembly bent.

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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