# Accident 20121104025079A: Cessna 310, Stotts City, MO, November 4, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2012, 17:52 local time
- Place: Stotts City, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1231° N, 94.0403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1231&lon=-94.0403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6BS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6BS-2013-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,299 total, 102 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121104025079A

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER AN OVERHAUL OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE PRIVATE PILOT/AIRCRAFT OWNER OCCUPIED THE LEFT SEAT. AS HE WAS NOT MULTIENGINE RATED HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A MULTIENGINE RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO OCCUPIED THE RIGHT SEAT. PRIOR TO THE POST-SUNSET TAKEOFF FROM MONETT REGIONAL AIRPORT (HFY), THE FUEL TANKS WERE TOPPED OFF. THE DESTINATION WAS AN UNLIT, PRIVATE SOD AIRPORT AT MILLER, MISSOURI. THE LANDING GEAR WAS TO BE LEFT EXTENDED FOR THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT BECAUSE OF A FLAT NOSEGEAR STRUT NOTED DURING PREFLIGHT. UNABLE TO LOCATE THE AIRPORT IN THE DARK AND APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE OWNER/PILOT REPORTED TO A CHASE PLANE THE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE AND THE PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED. THE OWNER/PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED THAT HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES DURING THE FORCED LANDING. A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED.

## 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 CEN13FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA044), Nov 5, 2012: Cessna 310 (N6BS), Stotts City, MO, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control after he shut down the right engine in flight due a loss of oil pressure. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to reposition the…

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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