# NTSB MIA85LA025: Cessna 310C, N1703H, Ocala, FL, November 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 6, 1984, 16:09 local (21:09 UTC)
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Location: 29.1872° N, 82.1401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocala, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1872&lon=-82.1401&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31313
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31313/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA025

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - rotation - premature, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE ACFT STARTED ITS GROUND RUN AND UPON ENCOUNTERING A DIP IN THE RWY, THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE. THE ENGINES LOST POWER SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND THE ACFT COLLIDED THAT A FENCE AND HAY BALES. THE ACFT OWNER STATED THAT THE PLT (A PROSPECTIVE BUYER OF THE ACFT) DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO FLY THE ACFT. POST CRASH EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NEGLIGIBLE FUEL ON BOARD THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1703H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35803
- Airframe hours: 2274
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard W. Mcginley
- Departed: OCALA, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, invalid medical for flight; seat: left; flight hours: 1,000 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 40 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 19841106060519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841106060519A), Nov 6, 1984: Cessna 310C, Ocala, FL, Destroyed. The engines lost power on takeoff from fuel exhaustion. The pilot failed toobtainowner permission for the flight.

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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