Accident · 1997-02-27
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-02-27
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310R (N72GL)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper fuel management and improper positioning of the fuel selector valve to the empty fuel tank. Factors in the accident were: the PIC's improper in-flight planning and decision, his failure to list an alternate airport, and his decision to allow the newly hired copilot to perform instrument approaches in marginal weather which led to numerous instrument approaches and missed approaches.
Source: NTSB case MIA97LA087Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.