ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359425
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 January 1995 |
| Time: | 18:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 310N |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4104Q |
| MSN: | 310N-0004 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3015 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-470-VO |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Covington, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Peachtree City, GA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE EXECUTING A FORCED LANDING INTO COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PILOT RATED PASSENGER HAD COMPLETED A FLIGHT FROM PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA, AND WERE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT COVINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR A VISUAL APPROACH WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER IN BOTH ENGINES, AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED FROM THE BASE LEG TO FINAL. THE PILOTS HAD FLOWN DURING CRUISE WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR IN THE AUXILIARY FUEL TANKS POSITION, AND HAD SWITCHED TO THE MAIN FUEL TANKS POSITION WHILE TURNING ONTO THE DOWNWIND LEG. LESS THAN 42 OUNCES OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE LEFT AUXILIARY TANK, AND LESS THAN ONE GALLON WAS DRAINED FROM THE RIGHT AUXILIARY TANK. THE MAIN TIP TANKS WERE FOUND TO HAVE 35 GALLONS EACH.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FUEL MANAGEMENT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL95LA035
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Mar-2024 10:20 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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