# Accident 20070426005949A: Cessna 310R, Hatch, NM, April 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2007, 19:30 local time
- Place: Hatch, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N3BA
- Location: 32.8231° N, 107.0950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8231&lon=-107.0950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3700G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3700G-2010-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-M (registry code 17233, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070426005949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 26, 2007 AT 19:15 MDST, A CESSNA 310R, N3700G OPERATED BY AERO CHARTER AND TRANSPORT (N3BA) LOST POWER ON ONE ENGINE AND MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN THE DESERT EAST OF HATCH, NM (E05) WHILE ON A CARGO FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, ALTHOUGH PILOT WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM ALBUQUERQUE CENTER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAS CRUCES, NM (LRU).

## 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 DEN07CA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA087), Apr 27, 2007: Cessna 310R (N3700G), Hatch, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inattentiveness to the fuel flow and fuel selector valve position resulting in fuel starvation. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to follow proper engine failure procedures,…

## Other reports on N3700G (3)

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

- [Accident 19980326013539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980326013539A), Mar 26, 1998: Cessna 310R (N3700G), Sioux Falls, SD, Substantial damage. Landed gear up. Pilot error. (.4)the pilot reported that due to the gusty crosswind conditions, he made a single 180 degree turn from downwind to final during…
- [Incident 19970703016599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970703016599I), Jul 3, 1997: Cessna 310R (N3700G), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed landing. Had unsafe light on approach. Used manual. Showed safe. Bellcrank had failed.
- [Incident 19960913032459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960913032459I), Sep 13, 1996: Cessna 310R (N3700G), Omaha, NE. Narrative: on September 12, 1996, approximately 1950 CST, Cessna 310R N3700G, experienced an unsafe left hand gear indication on approach to the sioux city…

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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