# Incident 19960705029499I: Cessna 310R, Eugene, OR, July 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1996, 20:35 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GLXA
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87490, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87490) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 675 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960705029499I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: AT LEVEL FLIGHT CRUISE, RIGHT ENGINE FAILED. NO NOISE. TRIED RESTART, NO SUCCESS, FEATHERED ENGINE AND LANDED AT EUGENE AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. DID NOT DECLARE EMERGENCY. FOUND CRANKSHAFT BROKE AT ACCESSORY SECTION. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N87490 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850116002539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850116002539I), Jan 16, 1985: Cessna 310R (N87490), Rochester, NY. Overspeed of prop on new engine test flight. Determined governor from old engine was inoperative.
- [Incident 19841010065959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841010065959I), Oct 10, 1984: Cessna 310R (N87490), Rochester, NY, Substantial damage. Oil on cowling after surge from engine. Engine shut down and feathered. Case was broken open.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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