- Date
- July 24, 1988, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Homestead, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N638ECessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880724028069A
- Case key
- 32218
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a personal flt during normal cruise both engs quit due to fuel exhaustion. The plt attempted to land the acft on a road, after which it departed the road surface, and collided with trees. The plt did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N638E
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35085
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-V, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Oscar Mas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MYIG · Great Inagua, OF
- Destination
- OPF · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- X51, 2 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.
Other investigations on N638E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.