# Accident 20021022032269A: Cessna 310, Cocoa, FL, October 22, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Cocoa, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3369° N, 80.6792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3369&lon=-80.6792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5247A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5247A-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021022032269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESS REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE PRIOR TO DEPARTING MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT. LOSS OF CONTROL AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO FAILURE OF RIGHT ENGINE AND CRASHED IN A SWAMP AREA. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 MIA03FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA005), Oct 22, 2002: Cessna 310 (N5247A), Merritt Island, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to take off with a known equipment deficiency, and his failure to maintain airspeed (VMC) following a loss of engine power to one of the airplane's two engines for undetermined…

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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