# Accident 19930502011499A: Cessna 310Q, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 2, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1993, 17:16 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YLXA
- Location: 26.0896° N, 80.1503° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0896&lon=-80.1503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7656Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7656Q-2013-05-09) (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 IO470VO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 178 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930502011499A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED LEFT ENGINE OUT OF FUEL. LOW FUEL ON OTHER THEN LOST RIGHT ENGINE. DITCHED. TANKS FULL AT DEPARTURE.

## 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 MIA93LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA114), May 2, 1993: Cessna 310Q (N7656Q), Fort Lauderdale, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO INSURE THE AIRCRAFT CONTAINED ADEQUATE FUEL TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER IN BOTH ENGINES DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

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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