Cessna 310N accident near Keflavík, OF
On February 11, 2008, a Cessna 310N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Keflavík, OF. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- February 11, 2008
- Place
- Keflavík, OF
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 63.771°N, 24.564°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080227X00237
Official records · CHI08FAMS1
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Communication Record Supplied By Icelandic Aircraft Accident Investigation Board: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn February 11, 2008, about 1611 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 310N, N5030Q, was presumed to have sustained substantial damage when the pilot reported ditching in the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 50 miles to the west of Keflavik, Iceland. The commercial pilot was presumed to be fatally injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 ferry flight departed Narsarsuaq Airport (BGBW), near Narsarsuaq, Greenland, and was destined for Reykjavik Airport (BIRK), near Reykjavik, Iceland. The purpose of the flight was to ferry the airplane from a seller in the United States to a purchaser in Bulgaria. During the ferry operation the pilot detected an unsatisfactory magneto check during a preflight inspection. An aviation maintenance engineer (AME) replaced the airplane's left magneto on its left engine at the Sept Iles Airport (CYZV), near Sept Iles, Quebec, on February 9, 2008. The airplane's engines were run on the ground by the AME prior to the airplane's departure. Receipts showed that the airplane was serviced at CYZV with 298 liters (about 78.7 gallons) of aviation gasoline before its departure to the Goose Bay Airport (CYYR), near Goose Bay, Newfoundland. The airplane was serviced at CYYR on February 10, 2008. Receipts showed that the airplane was "topped off" at CYYR with 183 liters (about 48.3 gallons) of aviation gasoline. The pilot's flight plan from CYYR to BGBW indicated that he had 5 hours of fuel onboard. The lineman performing the refueling in Greenland reported that he had started fueling the left main tank and was stopped by the pilot when he had filled the tank
Probable cause
The reported loss of both engines' power during cruise for undetermined reasons.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
