Cessna 310R N98836

Summary

On 22 June 1987 at about 19:36 local time, a Cessna 310R registered N98836 was involved in an accident near Kailua, Hawaii, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 June 1987 at 19:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Kailua, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

19.6293, -155.9900

Aircraft

Cessna 310R

Registration

N98836

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kona → Pago-Pago

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA242

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

A CESSNA 310R DITCHED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN APRX 500 NM SW HAWAII AFTER AN ENG FAILURE. THE PLT INDICATED THAT THE #2 ENG FAILED WHILE IN CRUISE FLT AT 8,000 FT MSL. OIL WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM THE ENG COWLING. THE ACFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT ON #1 ENG. THE PLT REVERSED COURSE AND ATTEMPTED TO DUMP FUEL IN HOPE OF IMPROVING THE AIRPLANE'S SINGLE ENG PERFORMANCE. THE ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A TEMPORARY LONG RANGE FUEL SYSTEM INSTALLED IN THE FUSELAGE AND WAS BEING FLOWN IN EXCESS OF ITS MAXIMUM CERTIFICATED GROSS WEIGHT. THE FERRY TANK FUEL WAS DRAINED INTO THE ACFT'S FUSELAGE. THE PLT STATED THAT HE HOPED THE FUEL WOULD FLOW OUT HOLES IN THE ACFT FUSELAGE. HE REPORTED THAT THE FUEL WAS FLOWING AROUND HIS FEET. THE ACFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT AND WAS DITCHED IN THE OCEAN ARPX 45 MINUTES LATER. RECORDS INDICATE THE ACFT WAS SERVICED WITH 375.5 GALS OF FUEL THE EVENING PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.