- Date
- April 11, 1983, 05:49 local (10:49 UTC)
- Place
- Perry, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N852HCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830411012479A
- Case key
- 30873
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft made a forced landing in a swamp with the gear down and nosed over after both engines quit. The pilot said the acft was full of fuel at takeoff and yet it was empty less than an hour later. The pilot also did not know the quantity of fuel on board the acft in gallons. He switched tanks several times in attempts to start first one and then the other of the 2 engines. After the crash both engines were on the left tank and all tanks and lines were devoid of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N852H
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0519
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Clean Oil Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Tuco Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1982
- Departed
- 44J · Daytona Beach, FL
- Destination
- MSY · New Orleans, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,820 total · 500 in this make and model · 4,690 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 39 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.