- Date
- July 2, 1982, 13:42 local (18:42 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N303TCCessna T310P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70396
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft owner, who had not flown for one year, and a flight instructor were on an instructional flight to prepare the owner for a flight review. After flying about one hour, they returned to the airport and began practicing landings. After the second landing (a touch & go), the left engine lost power shortly after takeoff, but too late to abort and land on the runway. A witness saw the aircraft yaw at about 150, but could not hear it over other noise. According to him, the aircraft entered a descent with the propellers still rotating. The aircrew stated that the right engine seemed to lose power as the glide became steep. A wheels up landing was made after crossing over trees. An investigation revealed that both fuel selectors were positioned to the auxillary tanks and both of these tanks were empty. Both pilots stated that no attempt was made to change the fuel selector positions after the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N303TC
- Reported as
- Cessna T310P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310P0095
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald V. Long
- Registered owner
- Donald V. Long
- Departed
- RBD · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- RBD · Dallas, TX
- Airport
- RBD · Redbird, runway 17, 3,800 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,145 total · 36 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 198 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RBD