Cessna 310 N4880B

Summary

On 4 October 1983 at about 05:30 local time, a Cessna 310 registered N4880B was involved in an accident near Madisonville, Kentucky, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 October 1983 at 05:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Madisonville, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Madisonville (2I0)

Coordinates

37.3298, -87.5001

Aircraft

Cessna 310

Registration

N4880B

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Trenton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL84LA015

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE ACFT WAS BEING FLOWN ON A RETURN FLT AFTER BEING REFUELED AT TRENTON, NJ. HE REPORTED THAT THE ACFT HELD 100 GAL OF USABLE FUEL & HAD CONSUMED 70 GALS ON THE INITIAL FLT ON THE SAME ROUTE. HE REPORTED THAT THE GROUND SPEED & FUEL CHECKS CONFIRMED A FORCASTED 15 KT HEAD WIND. HE EXPECTED THAT THE ACFT WOULD USE AN ADDITIONAL 10 GAL ON THE RETURN TRIP. HE STATED THAT HE STARTED A DESCENT ABOUT 50 MI FROM THE DESTINATION WITH THE FUEL GAGES INDICATING APRX 25 GAL. HOWEVER, THE FUEL INDICATION BEGAN DROPPING RAPIDLY. BEFORE REACHING THE RWY, BOTH ENGS LOST POWER FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PLT STATED THAT HIS FUEL GAGES INDICATED THERE WAS 5 GAL REMAINING IN EACH TANK. DURING THE LANDING AT NIGHT, THE GEAR COLLAPSED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.