# NTSB LAX85LA339: Cessna 310D, N6740T, Kahului, HI, July 22, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1985, 07:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Coordinates: 20.870651, -156.449508 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8707&lon=-156.4495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24790
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA339
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24790/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA339

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ON JULY 22, 1985, A CESSNA 3100, N6740T EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE KAHULUI ARPT IN MAUI, HAWAII. THE AC SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PLT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AC HAS A FUEL CAPACITY OF 90 GAL USEABLE. THE OWNER ESTIMATED 22 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS USED PER HOUR. THE AC WAS REFUELED ON JUNE 21, 1985. FROM JUNE 21 TO JULY 22, THE AC FLEW A TOTAL OF 3.4 HRS OR ABOUT 78 GALLONS WHICH LEFT APPROX 15.2 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING. BETWEEN THESE DATES THE AC HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS AND HAD USED FUEL FOR AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AND THREE SUBSEQUENT ENGINE GROUND RUN-UPS. HE HOBBS METER READING AT THE END OF MAINTENANCE WAS 116.6 HRS AND THE METER READING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 118.5 HRS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6740T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6740T-2014-12-22), registration cancelled 2014-12-22, S/N 39040, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Registry model: [Cessna 310D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (registry code 2074212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 39040
- Airframe hours: 4200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL I0-470-D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: George D. Fairhurst
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 11, 1984, 76 hours before
- Departed: HNL, HONOLULU, HI
- Destination: OGG, MAUI, HI
- Airport: OGG, Kahului, runway 5, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,420 total, 54 in this make and model, 1,369 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HNL, 89 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 19850722075219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850722075219A), Jul 22, 1985: Cessna 310D, Kahului, HI, Substantial damage. Both main tanks fuel outlets unported due to low fuel quantities and a steep approach. Hit ground short of runway.

## Other investigations on N6740T (2)

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.

- [NTSB LAX80DJA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DJA17), May 24, 1980: Cessna 310A (N6740T), Honolulu, HI, substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC70F0117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70F0117), Jul 30, 1969: Cessna 310D (N6740T), Atlantic City, NJ, substantial damage

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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