# Accident 20080412833229A: Cessna 310Q, Compton, CA, April 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2008, 15:50 local time
- Place: Compton, CA
- Airport: Compton/Woodley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8894° N, 118.2314° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8894&lon=-118.2314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6231Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6231Q-2010-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080412833229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04-12-08, N6231Q DEPARTED MONTGOMERY FIELD (MYF) ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO HAWTHORNE (HHR). THE AIRCRAFT CANCELLED IFR FLIGHT NEAR SEAL BEACH CALIFORNIA AND CONTINUED ON A VFR FLIGHT TO COMPTON CA (CPM). THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON APPROACH TO COMPTON AIRPORT AND CRASHED INTO A PRIVATE RESIDENCE APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE SHORT OF COMPTON AIRPORT AT 1550 HOURS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MULTIPLE LACERATIONS AND BRUISES. THE TWO OCCUPANTS IN THE HOUSE SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. ALL PARTIES WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. AN ON-SITE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT AS IT APPROACHED COMPTON AIRPORT. THE DEPUTY SAID HE HEARD NO ENGINE NOISE AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED ONTO BASE, THEN HEARD AN ENGINE OR ENGINES START UP AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED ONTO FINAL. THE DEPUTY WAS ALSO A 1ST RESPONDER TO THE ACCIDENT SITE AND SAID HE SMELLED NO FUEL AND SAW NO FUEL LEAKING WHEN HE APPROACHED THE SITE.

## 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 LAX08FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA101), Apr 12, 2008: Cessna 310Q (N6231Q), Compton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of both engines' power during approach due to fuel exhaustion that resulted from the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and failure to verify the quantity of fuel on board the airplane.

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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