- Date
- November 14, 1988, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Carlsbad, NM
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1044QCessna 310H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881114050639A
- Case key
- 17643
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Analysis
On an IFR business/training flt, the ATP plt made an unscheduled fuel stop. On a practice ILS apch to rwy 3, circling to land rwy 21, the acft yawed hard rt and the plt lost directional control. The plt said it sounded and felt like the rt engine had lost power. The plt selected gear up and reduced the throttles and mixture controls. The plt said that with the gear down, flaps at 15 deg, and the right propeller not feathered, the airplane would not climb. He elected to land between rwy 3 and 8, on a dirt area. During landing, the acft turned 180 deg and slid 270 ft before coming to rest. A post accident investigation by an FAA inspector revealed that the rt fuel selector was in the rt auxiliary fuel tank position. The rt engine fuel lines contained a few drops of fuel. Both aux tanks were empty and no fuel was found in the detached right main fuel tank.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1044Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310H0044
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward A. Mueller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 13, 1988 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- DTN · Shreveport, LA
- Destination
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CNM · Cavern City, runway 21, 7,854 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,190 total · 120 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 104 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNM, 1 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.