# NTSB ATL83LA308: Cessna 310, N39710, Greensboro, NC, August 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1983, 09:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Coordinates: 36.119018, -79.890327 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1190&lon=-79.8903&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA308
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA308

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - emergency procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - propeller feathering - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39710-2013-07-19), registration cancelled 2013-07-19, S/N 3100013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (registry code 2074234) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310N-0013
- Airframe hours: 6822
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830802037889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830802037889A), Aug 2, 1983: Cessna 310N, Greensboro, NC, Substantial damage. Engine quit from fuel starvation and aircraft landed short of runway. Pilot mismanaged fuel system.

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.

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