# Accident 19930725025359A: Cessna 310H, Lancaster, CA, July 25, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1993, 20:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6903° N, 117.9000° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6903&lon=-117.9000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310HJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310HJ-1993-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310H (registry code 2074220, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310H
- Reported engine: CONT IO470D
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 479 total, 9 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93FA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93FA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930725025359A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER APPROACHING AIRPORT. LOST CONTROL. SPUN TO IMPACT. NO FUEL ON BOARD. BELOW VMC AND STALL PRIOR CRASH.

## 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 LAX93FA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93FA300), Jul 26, 1993: Cessna 310H (N310HJ), Lancaster, CA, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision and his failure to maintain the minimum control airspeed which progressed to an inadverent stall/spin. Factors relating to this accident were fuel…

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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