# Accident 19980511046109A: Cessna 310Q, Nashua, NH, May 11, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1998, 18:20 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7795Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7795Q-1999-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 200 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980511046109A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN FLOWN ABOUT 3 HOURS AND 50 MINUTES SINCE BEING REFUELED AND WAS OBSERVED ON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. A WITNESS STATED THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO BE RIGHT OF CENTERLINE AND ABOUT 200 FEET ABOVE THE TREES, WHEN ITS DESCENT RATE INCREASED AND IT DESCENDED WINGS LEVEL INTO THE TREES.  NO PRE-IMPACT DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO THE ENGINES AND THE PROPELLER BLADES SUSTAINED MINIMAL SCRATCHING.  THE MAIN TANKS AND AUXILIARY TANKS HAD RUPTURED AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN THE VICINITY OF THESE TANKS.  APPROXIMATELY 11 1/2 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE RIGHT WING LOCKER FUEL TANK AND THE WING LOCKER FUEL TRANSFER SWITCH WAS FOUND IN THE OFF POSITION.  THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS IN THE LEFT AUXILIARY POSITION AND THE RIGHT ENGINE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS IN THE LEFT MAIN POSITION; HOWEVER, THE VALVE WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT MAIN POSITION AND THE PUSH PULL ROD WAS BENT AT THE POINT OF IMPACT DAMAGE ON THE WING.  FUEL CONTROLS FOR BOTH ENGINES DISPLAYED NO FUEL AND THE SCREENS WERE CLEAN.                 (-23) ACFT. IFR FROM CKB TO ASH - AFTER ACFT WAS OUT OF IMC ON APPROACH, PILOT WAS CLEARED VISUAL TO LAND ON RUNWAY 14 ASH - TOWER CONTROLLER AND GROU ND PERSONNEL OBSERVED AIRCRAFT DROPPING BEHIND TREES - AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND APPROX 1 1/2 MI SHORT OF THRESHOLD RUNWAY 14 ASH - 11 1/2 GAL FUEL REMAINING IN RT. LOCKER TANK, - BOTHE AUX AND MAIN TANKS RUPTURED (LT&RT), VERY LITTLE TO NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN AREA TANKS & 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 IAD98LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA053), May 11, 1998: Cessna 310Q (N7795Q), Nashua, NH, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel management which led 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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