# Accident 19981209033169A: Cessna 310, Ashland, NE, December 9, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1998, 16:17 local time
- Place: Ashland, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0410° N, 96.3704° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0410&lon=-96.3704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3027D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3027D-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Reported engine: CONT O470M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 701 total, 21 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981209033169A

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM ABQ TO MLE. APPROX. 25 MILES SE OF MILES SW OF MLE, THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED.  THE PILOT DIAGNOSED FUEL STARVATION AS THE REASON AND THE LEFT TANK WAS SELECTED TO FEED THE RIGHT ENGINE.  THE ENGINE REVIVED AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED APPROX 2-3 MINUTES ADDITIONAL AND BOTH ENGINES QUIT.  THE PILOT SELECTED A FIELD AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT A HIGH SPEED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CROSS NEBRASKA HIGHWAY 63 IN A N. TO S. DIRECTION AND COMING TO REST IN A FIELD S. OF THE INTENDED LANDING SPOT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AS A RESULT.  NEITHER THE PILOT OR PASSENGER RECEIVED INJURIES.                                            (.4) THE PILOT CONDUCTED A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD WHERE THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FUEL TANKS CONTAINED ONLY UNUSABLE FUEL. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF FUEL LEAKS FROM THE FUEL TANKS OR FUEL TANK CAPS. THE PILOT TOLD INITIAL RESPONDERS THAT THE ENGINES QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 CHI99LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA050), Dec 9, 1998: Cessna 310 (N3027D), Ashland, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's not refueling the airplane to avoid fuel exhaustion, and his inadequate preflight planning. A factor was 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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