# Accident 20000322007429A: Cessna 310C, Cedar City, UT, March 22, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5901° N, 113.1895° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5901&lon=-113.1895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3311H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3311H-2005-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310C (registry code 2074210, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000322007429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING ENGINE OUT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION WITH RIGHT ENGINE SHUT DOWN, LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT DEVELOP FULL POWER, AND RIGHT ENGINE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND AN OFF FIELD EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE.  NEITHER THE INSTRUCTOR NOR HIS STUDENT WERE INJURIED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  EXAMINATION REVEALED A BROKEN RIGHT ENGINE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE CONDUIT WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO BE BROUGHT OUT OF IDLE CUTOFF.

## 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 DEN00LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA066), Mar 22, 2000: Cessna 310C (N3311H), Cedar City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right engine mixture control cable, which prevented the pilot from restarting the engine. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to follow procedures by not feathering the…

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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