# Accident 20031202032769A: Cessna 310H, Oklahoma City, OK, December 2, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Sundance Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6019° N, 97.7061° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6019&lon=-97.7061&mi=10
- Aircraft: N815M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N815M-2006-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310H (registry code 2074220, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 110 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031202032769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED SPRINGFIELD, MO AFTER MAKING A FUEL STOP. HE FILLED ALL FUEL TANKS. WAS RECEIVING VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING ENROUTE TO SUNDANCE AIRPARK (KHSD). FLEW FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR WHILE USING FUEL FROM MAIN FUEL TANKS. THEN SWITCHED TO AUXILIARY FUEL TANKS. FLEW ANOTHER 45 MINUTES AND ARRIVED IN OKLAHOMA CITY AREA. OKLAHOMA CITY APPROACH TERMINATED RADAR SERVICES WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRPORT IN VIEW. HE TURNED FINAL TO RUNWAY 17 ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT AND LOWERED HIS FLAPS TO 15 DEGREES. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2,500' MSL WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER. HE WAS MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN ABOUT 10 SECONDS AFTER THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER, THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER. HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE GEAR-UP IN A FIELD ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN GENERALLY GOOD CONDITION; HOWEVER, WRINKLING OF THE UPPER SURFACES OF BOTH WINGS INDICATES SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE MAIN FUEL TANKS WERE VISUALLY INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE 1/3 TO 1/2 FULL OF FUEL. THE AUXILIARY TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE EMPTY. THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVES WERE IN THE AUXILIARY POSITION FOR BOTH ENGINES. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY WEATHER (LOWERING CEILINGS) AND WORKING WITH APPROACH CONTROL. HE SAID THAT HE JUST FORGOT TO SWITCH TANKS. THE PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT INJURED AND DROVE HOME TO ARKANSAS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 FTW04LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA031), Dec 2, 2003: Cessna 310-H (N815M), Oklahoma City, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of the fuel by which he failed to position the fuel selector on the appropriate fuel tanks resulting in fuel starvation. A contributing factor was the pilot's diverted…

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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