# NTSB DEN84FA071: Cessna 310Q, N628AS, Casper, WY, January 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1984, 12:28 local (19:28 UTC)
- Place: Casper, WY
- Coordinates: 42.829006, -106.319412 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8290&lon=-106.3194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16193
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84FA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16193/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA071

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fuel system,pump - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - dispatch procedures - disregarded, company/operator management (contributing factor)
  - fuel system,selector/valve - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel system - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel dumped - inadvertent
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - aircraft performance,two or more engines - inoperative
- Forced landing, landing
- Gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N628AS-2014-11-12), registration cancelled 2014-11-12, S/N 310Q-0090, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Registry model: [Cessna T310Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (registry code 2074244) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310Q-0090
- Airframe hours: 43652
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840118039359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840118039359A), Jan 18, 1984: Cessna 310Q, Casper, WY, Substantial damage. Crash landed due to fuel starvation. Fuel selector right engine inop prior to flight. Failed to use crossfeed.

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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