# Incident 19961105038649I: Cessna 310R, Cedar Rapids, IA, November 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1996, 14:06 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Cedar Rapids Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A59A
- Location: 42.0083° N, 91.6441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Rapids, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0083&lon=-91.6441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N677WC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N677WC-2008-09-03) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,320 total, 225 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961105038649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 11-05-96 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:52 CST N677WC DEPARTED CID ON A PART 91 FLIGHT WITH NO PASSENGERS AND ONE PILOT ENROUTE TO SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. APPROXIMATELY 40 NM EAST OF CID N677WC EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH MOLINE APPROACH CONTROL AND REQUESTED VECTORS BACK TO THE CID AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FROM SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT WORKED ON THE AIRCRAFT AND AFTER EXTENSIVE MECHANICAL INVESTIGATION AND COORDINATION WITH THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE MANUFACTURER OVER THE TELEPHONE, THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TEST FLOWN FOR THIRTY MINUTES WITH NO ENGINE PROBLEMS OBSERVED OR NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND FERRIED BACK TO SOUTH BEND, INDIANA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N677WC (3)

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

- [Incident 19961104038489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961104038489I), Nov 4, 1996: Cessna 310R (N677WC), Cedar Rapids, IA. Narrative: on 11-04-96 at 21:45 CST N677WC, a CE-310-R departed newton, Iowa with 4 passengers and one pilot, enroute to south bend, Indiana. At 22:14 N677WC…
- [Incident 19900817046639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900817046639I), Aug 17, 1990: Cessna 310R (N677WC), Syracuse, NY. Radios inoperative after takeoff. Returned. Battery was shorted. Starter clutch defective. Starter relay faulty.
- [Incident 19850913053249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850913053249I), Sep 13, 1985: Cessna 310R (N677WC), Walton, NY. Left engine suddenly lost power. Engine shut down and safe landing at destination. Report on mechanical to follow.

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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