# NTSB Accident LAX97LA029
> **Cessna 310H** · 1996-10-31 · SHOW LOW, AZ, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97LA029
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06936
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-10-31
- **Location:** SHOW LOW, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.229564, -110.0699
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 310H
- **Registration:** N1039Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

water/ice contamination in the fuel system and/or fuel filters due to failure of the maintenance facility that performed the annual inspection to identify and replace four cracked and deteriorated fuel filler cap O-rings.  A factor in this accident was the pilot's failure to identify, and recognize the contamination hazard with, the cracked and deteriorated fuel filler cap O-rings during the preflight of the aircraft.

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