- Date
- December 24, 1992, 06:34 local (11:34 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6737TCessna 310D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921224051759A
- Case key
- 33171
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Probable cause
Improper installation of the right outboard torque tube in the right fuel selector valve assembly housing resulting in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
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
While in cruise flight at 1,000 the left eng quit. The left eng fuel sel was moved from the left main psn to the left aux psn, and the left eng restarted. Two min later the right eng quit. The right eng fuel sel was moved from the right main psn to right aux psn, and the right eng restarted. Both engs then quit. A forced landing was made in the everglades. Disassembly of the right fuel selector valve revealed that the valve was in the off position due to the improper installation of the right outboard torque tube in the assembly housing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6737T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31039037
- Airframe hours
- 5,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sorenson, Mark A.
- Registered owner
- Sorenson, Mark A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1992 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Opa Locka, FL
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 796 total · 172 in this make and model · 717 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 9 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.