Cessna 310 Down in Compton, Calif.

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:58:44 -0700 (PDT), "Ken S. Tucker"
wrote:

Best to do a safe landing.

Right. That's the point. I thought that second fan was supposed to
spare pilots the embarrassment of joining the homeowners for supper
through their roofs.

I have no familiarity with C-310 fuel systems, but how likely is it
that fuel exhaustion would result in _both_ engines quitting before a
suitable landing site could be reached?



It's called "gross fuel mismanagement". One of the rescuers remarked on
smelling fumes. I doubt the tanks were empty.

Up here, they don't call the 310 "widow maker" for nuthin'. I recall a
crash by Boundary Bay (British Columbia) were the pilot was engaged in
single engine practice. Got himself into a spin with the operating
engine on the wrong side. Witnesses I interviewed said it looked like
one of those maple seeds... all the way down into the mud. Both pilots
were killed (student and instructor).