# Incident 20020807021689I: Cessna 310R, Crystal River, FL, August 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2002, 17:45 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Airport: Crystal River Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MAEA
- Location: 28.8672° N, 82.5710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Crystal River Airport (CGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8672&lon=-82.5710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4912A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4912A-2017-06-30) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,090 total, 550 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020807021689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT KEVIN ALDAY STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING FROM NAPLES TO TALLAHASSEE WITH 5 PASSENGERS. HE WAS VFR, FLYING AT 6,500 FEET MSL, AND IN SMOOTH AIR WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND WINDSHEAR, THIS WAS AT ABOUT 5:40 PM, 60 TO 80 NORTH OF TAMPA. HE STATED HE PULLED THE POWER BACK TO 20 KTS. ABOVE VA SPEED IN CASE OF GETTING INTO WIND GUST FROM TURBULENCE. HE STATED HE GOT THE WINGS LEVEL AND STARTED FALLING, HE CHOPPED THE POWER AND PUT STEADY PRESSURE ON THE YOKE, TO KEEP THE SPEED OUT OF THE YELLOW ARC. AT ABOUT 1,000 FEET MSL THE PLANE LEVELED OUT. DURING THIS EPISODE 2 WINDOWS HAD BLOWN OUT AND HE HAD LOST HIS HEADSET. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SAFELY LANDED AT CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N4912A (1)

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

- [Accident 20080626854989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080626854989A), Jun 26, 2008: Cessna 310R (N4912A), Marco Island, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot took off from key west international airport, Florida (eyw) with 5 passengers on June 26, 2008. At approximately 1803 experienced loss of power from both…

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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