# Accident 20230506005589A: Cessna 310D, Ennis, TX, May 6, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2023, 15:22 local time
- Place: Ennis, TX
- Airport: Ennis Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3039° N, 96.6324° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3039&lon=-96.6324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6798T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6798T-2023-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 282 total, 8 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230506005589A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16 AT ENNIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (F41) ENNIS, TX WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TURNED WEST OF RUNWAY 16 FOR UNKNOWN REASONS AND IMPACTED SEVERAL SMALL TREES PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS WEST OF F41. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS BELLY FACING SOUTHEAST. A POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMED THE COCKPIT/PASSENGER AREA AS WELL AS THE LEFT OUTBOARD WING. BOTH ENGINES WERE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF GROUND IMPACT AS EVIDENCED BY THE GROUND MARKS. CRANKCASES ON BOTH ENGINES WERE INTACT AND NO OBVIOUS EVIDENCE OF ENGINE FAILURE. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE HAD FUEL AS BOTH WING TIP TANKS WERE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD BURNED THE AREA WHERE THEY CAME TO REST. THE RIGHT WING AUXILLARY TANK WAS FULL AND THE LEFT WING AUXILLARY TANK APPEARED TO HAVE HAD FUEL AS EVIDENCED BY THE MELTED AIRFRAME IN THE SURROUNDING LEFT WING FUEL TANK AREA. FUEL SELECT VALVES WERE FOUND TO HAVE THE MAIN TANKS SELECTED ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE. FUEL LINES WERE FOUND TO BE UNOBSTRUCTED. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED AND ALL FLIGHT SURFACES WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AT THE SCENE. FLAPS WERE IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE RETRACTED POSITION ON IMPACT AS EVIDENCED BY THE POSITION OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR BELCRANK. BOTH PROPELLERS HAD SLIGHT CURLING ON THE LAST 4 TO 6 INCHES OF THE BLADE TIPS. ADS-B FLIGHT INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO FAA ADS-B COLLECTION SERVER ISSUES ON THE DATE OF THE EVENT. INFORMATION FROM THE PIC OR PASSENGER UNAVAILABLE DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURIES THEY RECEIVED. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED WHEN MORE INFORMATION IS OBTAINED.

## 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 CEN23FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA173), May 6, 2023: Cessna 310D (N6798T), Ennis, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The partial loss of right engine power due to reduced fuel flow as a result of the contamination of the fuel screen.

## Other reports on N6798T (2)

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

- [Incident 20130721013559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130721013559I), Jul 21, 2013: Cessna 310D (N6798T), Mckinney, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft landed safely and was decreasing ground speed to exit runway. Just before right hand turn to exit runway, left main gear collapsed causing the left…
- [Incident 19810108021249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810108021249I), Jan 8, 1981: Cessna 310D (N6798T), Flushing, NY. Pilot declared emergency and flew through tca after being told to contact flight service for explanation.

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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