# Accident 20111007025219A: Cessna T310R, Hilo, HI, October 7, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2011, 17:23 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.7903° N, 154.9203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7903&lon=-154.9203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23BT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23BT-2012-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,270 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111007025219A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REFUELED ACFT AT MRY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AND INDICATED ALL FERRY FUEL TANKS WERE AT 95%OR MORE CAPACITY.BASED ON 370 GALLONS AT 26GPH THIS ACFT SHOULD OF BEEN CAPABLE OF OVER 14.2 HOURS OF FLIGHT.FROM ENGINE START TO IMPACT THE ACFT ENGINES WERE ON A TOTAL OF 13 HOURS 2 MINUTES.

## 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 WPR12CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA004), Oct 8, 2011: Cessna T310R (N23BT), Hilo, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s improper fuel planning.

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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