# NTSB MIA86LA026: Cessna 310G, N7962Q, Fort Pierce, FL, November 7, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 7, 1985, 17:29 local (22:29 UTC)
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Location: 27.4975° N, 80.3726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TREASURE COAST INTL (FPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4975&lon=-80.3726&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31546
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31546/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA026

## 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 - downwind
  - propeller feathering - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Undershoot, descent - emergency
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear - output low

## Analysis

THE AC DEPARTED ON A FERRY FLIGHT WITH THE LANDING GEAR CLAMPED IN THE DOWN POSITION AND LEAKING FUEL SYSTEM FROM A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL ARRIVAL AT THE DESTIN ATION AIRPORT. THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.  THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER WAS NOT FEATHERED. THE LEFT MAIN FUEL TANK AND AUX TANK WERE FOUND EMPTY. THE PILOT SELECTED 45 DEGREES OF FLAP AND THEN THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED. THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER WAS NOT FEATHERED. THE RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK WAS FOUND EMPTY AND THE AUX TANK WAS FOUND FULL . THE AC THEN STRUCK THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND THE LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF AND THE AC SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7962Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310G-0029
- Airframe hours: 5211
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-IO-470-D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Operator: Spiritual Word Ministries
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1984, 0 hours before
- Departed: MYGF, FREEPORT, OF
- Destination: FPR, FT.PIERCE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: FPR, Ft. Pierce, runway 4, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 893 total, 60 in this make and model, 810 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 70° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: VRB, 21 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 19851107075089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851107075089A), Nov 7, 1985: Cessna 310G, Fort Pierce, FL, Substantial damage. Both engines quit due to fuel exhaustion. Landed short, sheared off landing gear. No annual, no ferry permit.

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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