# Accident 20150128001289A: Cessna 310, Rothville, MO, January 28, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2015, 04:00 local time
- Place: Rothville, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6303° N, 93.0189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6303&lon=-93.0189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N131X-2018-06-26) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 200 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150128001289A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TYLER, TEXAS (KJDD) AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 LOCAL TIME ON JANUARY 27, 2015 WITH DESTINATION OF PITTSBURG, PA. AT APPROXIMATELY 0400 LOCAL TIME ON JANUARY 28, 2015, THE ENGINES LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION NEAR ROTHVILLE, MO. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID THROUGH A FENCE, CROSSED A GRAVEL ROAD AND CAME TO A REST IN ANOTHER FENCE LINE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD.  PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND WALKED TO A NEARBY FARM HOUSE AND CALLED THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN15CA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA130), Jan 28, 2015: Cessna 310B (N131X), Rothville, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and fuel management which resulted in fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N131X (1)

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

- [Incident 20101030048769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101030048769I), Oct 30, 2010: Cessna 310 (N131X), Springfield, VT, Minor damage. Pilot was preparing to move aircraft from vsf to leb. He had not recently flown the aircraft, so he wanted to do a few local landings before proceeding to leb.…

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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