Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Natrona County Int'l Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Casper, Wyoming 82601
Wednesday, January 18, 1984 12:28 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PLT STATED HE WAS TOLD, THE R AUX FUEL PUMP WAS INOP & TO PRIME/START THE R ENG, HE HAD TO POSITION THE R FUEL SELECTOR (SEL) TO X-FEED. ON THE 1ST 2 LEGS OF THE FLT, HE USED THIS PROCEDURE, BUT NOTED THE R FUEL SEL WAS HARD TO MOVE. WHILE STARTING FOR THE 3RD LEG, HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE R FUEL SEL TO X-FEED & GOT A MECHANIC TO MANUALLY REPOSITION THE SEL IN THE WING. THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED REPAIRING THE ACFT BEFORE FLT. HOWEVER, THE PLT ELECTED TO LEAVE THE R SEL IN X-FEED & CONTINUE. IN FLT, BOTH ENGS USED FUEL FROM THE LEFT SIDE. DURING DESCENT, BOTH ENGS LOST POWER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON UNEVEN TERRAIN & THE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER X-ING A DEPRESSION. AN EXAM REVEALED THE L MAIN & AUX TANKS WERE AT OR NEAR EMPTY, THE NACELLE & R AUX TANKS WERE FULL & THE R MAIN TANK WAS RUPTURED. THE PLT WAS UNAWARE THAT HE COULD HAVE X-FED FUEL FROM THE R TANKS TO THE L ENG. FUEL FROM THE NACELLE TANK MUST BE TRANSFERRED TO THE MAIN TANK TO BE USED. UNUSED FUEL/VAPOR FROM THE ENGS ARE ROUTED TO THE RESPECTIVE MAIN TANK.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/18/1984 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1228 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | CASPER |
| Event State | WYOMING |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 82601 |
| Event Date Year | 1984 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | NATRONA COUNTY INT'L |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | CPR |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 5348 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1233 Mountain Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 50 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | CPR |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 5348 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 20 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 20000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 20000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 20 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -17 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -9 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 220 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 24 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 31 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 2463 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 649 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 24354 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N628AS |
| NTSB Number | DEN84FA071 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Company VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 310Q |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 310Q |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 310Q-0090 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 5500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jan 6 1984 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 272 |
| Airframe Hours | 43652 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | TRACY J. REINER |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 705 |
| Aircraft Owner City | SCOBEY |
| Aircraft Owner State | MT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 59263 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | CORPORATE AIR INC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Operator City | BILLINGS |
| Operator State | MT |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 59101 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | DEN |
| Departure City | DENVER |
| Departure State | CO |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1112 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | CPR |
| Destination City | CASPER |
| Destination State | WY |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 20 2002 12:42PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |