33.8800° N, 80.5149° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wedgefield, SC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 9, 1985 · 20:05 local
Place
Wedgefield, SC
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N630JS
Reported as
Cessna 310P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,080 total250 in this make and model50 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.
Pilot added power after descent but had none. Landed in field. Child in cockpit inadvertently shut off fuel.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT ADDED POWER AFTER DESCENT BUT HAD NONE. LANDED IN FIELD. CHILD IN COCKPIT INADVERTENTLY SHUT OFF FUEL.