- Date
- August 2, 1983, 09:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N39710Cessna 310
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830802037889A
- Case key
- 6151
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft landed short of the rwy after a loss of power in the engine occurred during the second approach attempt to the airport. According to the plt, emergency procedures were initiated, and an engine restart was attempted. When unable to restart the engine, the plt elected to land in a cornfield about 1 1/2 mi short of the runway. Examination of the acft fuel tanks showed less than 1 pint in the left main, 2 gal in the right main and auxiliary fuel tank approximately 1/2 full.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39710
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310N-0013
- Airframe hours
- 6,822
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rolling Meadows Avition, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 1983
- Departed
- CXY · Harrisburg, PA
- Destination
- 9A7 · Jonesboro, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GSO · Greensboro, runway 23, 8,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 999 total · 13 in this make and model · 857 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.