# Accident 20050621011339A: Cessna 320E, Missoula, MT, June 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2005, 09:03 local time
- Place: Missoula, MT
- Airport: Missoula International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9222° N, 114.1150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9222&lon=-114.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3438Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3438Q-2006-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,065 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050621011339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 29 MISSOULA, MONTONA. AFTER LIFT-OFF AND NEAR THE 2000 FOOT REMAINING MARKER THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LOST THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THEN TURNED TO THE LEFT AND CROSSED THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND 50 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED WEST OF THE AIRPORT AND IMPACTED A KNOLL APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF THE AIRPORT.

## 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 SEA05FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA124), Jun 21, 2005: Cessna 320E (N3438Q), Missoula, MT, destroyed. Probable cause: Terrain clearance was not possible as a result of a right engine failure. Factors contributing to the accident included the rising terrain, foreign material being ingested into the engine'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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