# Accident 19980331012389A: Cessna 310J, Hutchinson, KS, March 31, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1998, 14:44 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, KS
- Airport: Hutchinson Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0591° N, 97.9108° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0591&lon=-97.9108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3020L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3020L-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310J (registry code 2074226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,885 total, 15 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980331012389A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 31, 1998, AT 1444 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 310J, N3020L, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A PLANNED ABORTED TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 31 (7100' X 100') AT THE HUTCHINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.  NEITHER THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) OR THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT (STUDENT) WERE INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE CFI REPORTED THAT THEY HAD PLANNED TO PRACTICE AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FOLLOWING A SIMULATED FAILURE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE.  HE REPORTED THAT THE STUDENT WAS BRIEFED ON THE PRECEDURES AND WAS TOLD WHICH ENGINE WOULD BE "FAILED".  THE CFI REPORTED THAT THE STUDENT INITIATED THE TAKEOFF, AND AT AN AIRSPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CFI PULLED BACK THE MIXTURE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE TO SIMULATE THE ENGINE FAILURE.  HE CONTINUED TO REPORT, 'THE STUDENT' APPEARED TO INITIATE THE CORRECT ABORTED TAKEOFF PROCEDURE BY RETARDING THE THROTTLE TO IDLE..." THE CFI REPORTED THAT WHEN HE SAW THE AIRPLANE TRACKING CORRECTLY HE ADVANCED THE MIXT URE FOR THE RIGHT ENGINE AT WHICH TIME THE RIGHT ENGINE 'CAUGHT' VEERING THE AIRPLANE OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE CFI REPORTED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE STUDENT HAD NOT REDUCED THE THROTTLE SETTING FOR THE RIGHT ENGINE DURING THE ABORTED TAKEOFF PROCEDURE.  THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED INTO A SOFT GRASS AREA WHERE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, DAMAGING THE FIREWALL, AND THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP.                                                (-23) AN ABORTED TAKEOFF WAS PLANNED AND BRIEFED. DURING ABORTED TAKEOFF, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. AIRCRAFT YAWED SEVERELY LEAVING THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR AND A RIGHT MAIN HIT A CONCRETE SLAB THAT WAS ABOVE THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA112), Mar 31, 1998: Cessna 310J (N3020L), Hutchinson, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the flight instructor's inadequate supervision by failing to ensure that the right throttle had been retarded before re-advancing the right mixture control, which resulted in a loss of directional…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.