- Date
- April 3, 1983, 16:10 local (Apr 4, 1983, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Hilmar, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4060CCessna T310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830403014859A
- Case key
- 23672
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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 acft lost power on the engines. Power was restored on only one engine and a precautionary landing was made off arpt in a field of alfalfa. The gear was not extended prior to ground contact. The pilot said he switched the fuel selector for power restoration but was unsuccessful. The acft had about 25 gallons of fuel on board after the accident and no malfunction in the acft systems was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4060C
- Reported as
- Cessna T310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31OR 1361
- Airframe hours
- 1,006
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Morton Rothbard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 18, 1983 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- UDD · Burmuda Dunes, CA
- Destination
- MOD · Modesto, CA
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 976 total · 67 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD, 14 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.