# Incident 20041109035729I: Cessna 310R, Payson, AZ, November 9, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2004, 07:30 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Payson Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N3BA
- Location: 34.2568° N, 111.3393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAYSON (PAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2568&lon=-111.3393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310FH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N310FH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 300 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041109035729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS MAKING ROUTINE CARGO RUN FROM PHX TO PAN WHEN HE REACHED HIS CRUISE ALTITUDE (9000 FT/MSL) HE LEANED THE ENGINES. PILOT STATED, "AS I MADE MY DESCENT THE LEFT ENGINE DIED." AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT PAN. AERO CHARTER MAINTENANCE GROUNDED THE A/C AND PERFORMED ALL REQUIRED ENGINE RUNS TO CHECK RIGGING AND FUEL FLOWS, NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND WITH THE L/H ENGINE. ENGINE INSTRUMENTS (NON-FLT INSTRM'TS) WERE CHECKED WITH MASTER GAUGES INST'LD. ALL X-CHECKS REVEALED ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS WERE WITHIN LIMITS. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE A/C WAS INSPECTED, SATISFACTORILY TEST FLOWN, AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO OVER LEAN CONDITION DURING DESCENT BUT NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.

## Other reports on N310FH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20031031030909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031031030909I), Oct 31, 2003: Cessna 310R (N310FH), Roswell, NM. (-23) On October 31, 2003 at 1830 MST, the pilot of N310FH, a Cessna 310R, noticed severe vibration from the right hand engine after takeoff from Roswell…

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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