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Cessna 310 N3027D

9 December 1998 · Ashland, Nebraska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 December 1998 at about 22:17 local time, a Cessna 310 registered N3027D was involved in an accident near Ashland, Nebraska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 22:17
Classification
Accident
Location
Ashland, Nebraska, United States
Coordinates
41.0410, -96.3704
Aircraft
Cessna 310
Registration
N3027D
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Albuquerque → Omaha
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI99LA050

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

the pilot's not refueling the airplane to avoid fuel exhaustion, and his inadequate preflight planning. A factor was fuel exhaustion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot conducted a forced landing in a field where the airplane sustained substantial damage. The fuel tanks contained only unusable fuel. There was no indication of fuel leaks from the fuel tanks or fuel tank caps. The pilot told initial responders that the engines quit due to fuel exhaustion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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