# Accident 20000901015029A: Cessna 310G, Seven Springs, PA, September 1, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2000, 14:50 local time
- Place: Seven Springs, PA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0110° N, 79.4195° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0110&lon=-79.4195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8978Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8978Z-2003-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310G (registry code 2074218, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310G
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000901015029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE THE RIGHT SPINNER DEVELOPED A CRACK AND STARTED TO VIBRATE. POWER ON THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS REDUCED FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. A/C WAS VECTORED TO SOMERSET AIRPORT, BUT AIRPORT WAS CLOSED. A/C WAS THEN VECTORED TO SEVEN SPRINGS AIRPORT WHEN THE A/C, STILL AIRBORNE, WAS HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. A GO AROUND WAS INITAINTED, DURING THE GO AROUND, CONTROL OF THE A/C WAS LOST AND THE A/C ENTERED THE TREES RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY IN AN INVERTED ATTITUDE. A/C CAME TO REST IN A 75 DEGREE NOSEDOWN POSITION FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.

## 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 NYC00LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA246), Sep 1, 2000: Cessna 310G (N8978Z), Seven Springs, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the manufacture's recommended safe single-engine airspeed, which resulted in a velocity-minimum-control roll to the right. A factor in the accident was the pilot's…

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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