- Date
- October 4, 1983, 00:30 local (05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Madisonville, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4880BCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831004053649A
- Case key
- 6366
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Analysis
According to the plt, the acft was being flown on a return flt after being refueled at trenton, NJ. He reported that the acft held 100 gal of usable fuel & had consumed 70 gals on the initial flt on the same route. He reported that the ground speed & fuel checks confirmed a forcasted 15 kt head wind. He expected that the acft would use an additional 10 gal on the return trip. He stated that he started a descent about 50 mi from the destination with the fuel gages indicating aprx 25 gal. However, the fuel indication began dropping rapidly. Before reaching the rwy, both engs lost power from fuel exhaustion. The plt stated that his fuel gages indicated there was 5 gal remaining in each tank. During the landing at night, the gear collapsed. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4880B
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35180
- Airframe hours
- 4,310
- Engine
- Continental O-470-M, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack D. Dingman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- TTN · Trenton, NJ
- Airport
- 2I0 · Madisonville
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.