Cessna T310 N376J

Summary

On 6 September 2018 at about 13:25 local time, a Cessna T310 registered N376J, operated by DBT Transportation Services LLC, was involved in an accident near Laramie, Wyoming, United States. One person was 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.

Date

6 September 2018 at 13:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

41.3119, -105.6750

Aircraft

Cessna T310

Registration

N376J

Category

Airplane

Year built

1976

Engines

2

Operator

DBT Transportation Services LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Laramie → Grangeville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN18LA373

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to properly adjust the fuel/air mixtures, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power to both engines due to fuel starvation and a subsequent forced landing to a field.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot departed in the multiengine airplane and climbed to cruise altitude. He began to lean the fuel mixture for cruise power and felt a vibration and fluttering. He then slowed the airplane, began to troubleshoot the problem and turned back toward the airport; but when he advanced the throttles to takeoff power, there was no response from engines. The pilot stated that the airplane was “losing altitude fast,” and he attempted to glide the airplane to the interstate for an emergency landing. Unable to reach the interstate, the pilot subsequently performed a gear-up, forced landing to a field, during which the airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that he was distracted by the vibration and noise and he failed to enrichen the fuel mixtures after beginning the leaning procedure. He stated that there were no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded the engines from producing full power, and that the vibration was the result of the engines running rough due to lack of fuel.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.