19961008031289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 310Q · Truckee, CA · October 8, 1996

Date
October 8, 1996 · 20:45 local
Place
Truckee, CA
Airport
Truckee-Tahoe Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7833Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX97LA012
Reported as
Cessna 310Q
Reported engine
Continental IO470VO
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,753 total5,180 in this make and model18 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.

Both engine quit on downwind. Exhausted aux tank fuel. Mains also empty. Failed feather or raise gear make airport.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH ENGINE QUIT ON DOWNWIND. EXHAUSTED AUX TANK FUEL. MAINS ALSO EMPTY. FAILED FEATHER OR RAISE GEAR MAKE AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.