# Accident 20040530017589A: Cessna 310, North Myrtle Be, SC, May 30, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2004, 16:10 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8117° N, 78.7239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8117&lon=-78.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N361Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N361Z-2017-02-22) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 403 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040530017589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN INTO MRYTLE BEACH AIRPORT (CAE), SC. ON A THREE MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 23 THE AIRCRAFT STARTED LOSING ALTITUDE AND MADE AN EMERGENCY CONTROLLED CRASH LANDING IN THE INTERCOASTAL. ALL FOUR SURVIVED THE LANDING AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THREE SURVIVED AND ONE DROWNED.

## 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 ATL04LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA123), May 30, 2004: Cessna 310 (N361Z), N. Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight/planning and his in-flight decision which resulted in the loss of power in one engine due 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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