- Date
- January 18, 1984, 12:28 local (19:28 UTC)
- Place
- Casper, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N628ASCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840118039359A
- Case key
- 16193
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated he was told, the r aux fuel pump was inop & to prime/start the r eng, he had to position the r fuel selector (sel) to x-feed. On the 1st 2 legs of the flt, he used this procedure, but noted the r fuel sel was hard to move. While starting for the 3rd leg, he was unable to move the r fuel sel to x-feed & got a mechanic to manually reposition the sel in the wing. The mechanic recommended repairing the acft before flt. However, the plt elected to leave the r sel in x-feed & continue. In flt, both engs used fuel from the left side. During descent, both engs lost power. Subsequently, the plt made a forced landing on uneven terrain & the gear collapsed after x-ing a depression. An exam revealed the l main & aux tanks were at or near empty, the nacelle & r aux tanks were full & the r main tank was ruptured. The plt was unaware that he could have x-fed fuel from the r tanks to the l eng. Fuel from the nacelle tank must be transferred to the main tank to be used. Unused fuel/vapor from the engs are routed to the respective main tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N628AS
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q-0090
- Airframe hours
- 43,652
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Corporate Air Inc
- Registered owner
- Tracy J. Reiner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 6, 1984 · 272 hours before
- Departed
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Destination
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- CPR · Natrona County Int'L
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,692 total · 51 in this make and model · 2,512 as pilot in command · 279 in the last 90 days · 101 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 24 knots, gusting 31
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 1 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CPR, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.