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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310Q · Fort Lauderdale, FL · September 1, 2010

Date
September 1, 2010 · 14:06 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Fort Lauderdale Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N310PT
Reported as
Cessna 310Q
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total1 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was unfamiliar with this aircraft fuel system. Left engine quit on short final. Pilot pulled power back and landed just short of runway. Minor damage. Engine quit due to fuel starvation. The aircraft has pleanty of fuel in the aux tanks. Pilot however, flew on the mains which were low on fuel. There were no injuries from this incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM. LEFT ENGINE QUIT ON SHORT FINAL. PILOT PULLED POWER BACK AND LANDED JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE.ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE AIRCRAFT HAS PLEANTY OF FUEL IN THE AUX TANKS. PILOT HOWEVER, FLEW ON THE MAINS WHICH WERE LOW ON FUEL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES FROM THIS INCIDENT.