# NTSB MKC88LA079: Cessna 310P, N5873M, Berryville, AR, April 25, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 25, 1988, 12:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place: Berryville, AR
- Coordinates: 36.369487, -93.559265 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3695&lon=-93.5593&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34561
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34561/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA079

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight manuals - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - inadequate transition/upgrade training, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed

## Analysis

WHILE TRYING OUT HIS FRIEND'S NEWLY PURCHASED TWIN, THE PILOT STATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE DUE TO POWER LOSS BECAUSE OF FUEL STARVATION. THE PIC SAID HE WAS NEGLIGENT BECAUSE HE DID NOT POSSESS A MULTIENGINE RATING AND ALSO DID NOT STUDY THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE FUEL SELECTORS WERE FOUND ON THE EMPTY MAIN TANKS, WHILE FUEL WAS STILL AVAILABLE FROM BOTH AUX TANKS. THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PLT AND PAX WERE NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5873M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5873M-2013-04-23), registration cancelled 2013-04-23, S/N 310P0173, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Registry model: [Cessna T-310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t-310p) (registry code 2074240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310P017
- Airframe hours: 2660
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-VO 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: J.F. Stanley
- Registered owner: Stanley, J. F.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 36M, TABLEROCK, MO
- Destination: 4M1, BERRYVILLE, AR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,230 total, 3 in this make and model, 2,127 as pilot in command, 65 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HRO, 30 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 19880425009949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880425009949A), Apr 25, 1988: Cessna T310P, Berryville, AR, Substantial damage. Ran both mains dry. Was unfamiliar with fuel. System did not use full aux tanks. Crash landed. No multi engine rating

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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