# NTSB Accident MIA97LA087
> **Cessna 310R** · 1997-02-27 · CALHOUN, GA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA97LA087
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07441
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-02-27
- **Location:** CALHOUN, GA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.490554, -84.939308
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 310R
- **Registration:** N72GL
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## 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.

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