- Date
- June 14, 1985, 09:27 local (16:27 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7649QCessna 31OQ
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850614025629A
- Case key
- 24513
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the terrain following a total loss of power while circling for landing. The left fuel selector was in the auxiliary tank position and the right fuel selectorwas in the left main tank position. A limited quanity of fuel was drained from the left main and auxiliary tank. There wno fuel in the righ auxiliary tank. The fuel spillage from the right main tank was consumed by a post crash fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7649Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 31OQ
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q428
- Airframe hours
- 1,341
- Engine
- Continental IO-470V0, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Oscar Bruner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 1984 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- UDD · Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Destination
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CNO · Chino, runway 21, 6,222 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,186 total · 216 in this make and model · 7,875 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.