- Date
- May 6, 1985, 19:29 local (23:29 UTC)
- Place
- Palm City, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2903RCessna 310G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850506022779A
- Case key
- 31395
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 plt reported that shortly after takeoff, the left eng lost power. He was unable to maintain control of the acft, so he reduced power on the right eng & subsequently made an emergency landing in a field. During the landing, the gear collapsed, then the acft slid into a tree. An investigation revealed the acft had been parked for 8 months & had recently flown for only about 2 hrs. A post crash exam of the acft revealed no evidence of a preimpact part failure or malfunction & a test run of the eng showed no signs of a failure. The passenger stated the left fuel flow meter started fluctuating at the same time the eng lost P0WER, then the fuel flow indication dropped to zero.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2903R
- Reported as
- Cessna 310G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310G0103
- Airframe hours
- 3,185
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen M. Ricks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 1, 1985 · 7 hours before
- Destination
- FXE · Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Airport
- 64X · Naked Lady Ranch, runway 36, 2,640 × 170 ft, grass/turf
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,825 total · 36 in this make and model · 1,625 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 31 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.