# Accident 19900703023359A: Cessna 310Q, College Station, TX, July 3, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1990, 21:40 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Airport: Easterwood Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5880° N, 96.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERWOOD FLD (CLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5880&lon=-96.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7546Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7546Q-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470U
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,762 total, 10 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900703023359A

## Narrative

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

FUEL MISMANAGEMENT CAUSED BOTH ENGINES TO FAIL FROM FUEL STARVATION. FAILED TO USE CROSSFEED FOR OPPOSITE ENGINE.

## 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 FTW90LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA131), Jul 4, 1990: Cessna 310Q (N7546Q), College Station, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PIC'S IMPROPER FUEL TANK SELECTION, ALLOWING BOTH ENGINE TO QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.

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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