# Accident 20101025050359A: Cessna 340A, Morton, WA, October 25, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2010, 07:40 local time
- Place: Morton, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6056° N, 122.1014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6056&lon=-122.1014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68718, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68718-2012-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520NB
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101025050359A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/25/2010, CE-340A AIRCRAFT, N68718, ENROUTE FROM CHEHALIS, WA (KCLS) TO LEWISTON, ID (LWS) OPERATING UNDER 14CFR91, CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORTON, WA. N68718 DEPARTED KCLS AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 PDT ON AN ISTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN AND CLEARANCE FROM SEATTLE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (ZSE ARTCC) WITH A PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS.  APPROXIMATILY TEN MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF AT 0740, WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 14,800' MSL TO THE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF 17,000'MSL, THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD LOST AN ENGINE AND REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO KCLS.ZSE ARTCC CLEARED N68718 TO KCLS AND INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO DESCEND AT PILOT'S DISCRETION TO 10,000'MSL. THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM N68718. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS LOCATED THE CRASH SITE AND WRECKAGE OF N68718 AT MID-DAY ON 10/26/2010. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS.

## 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 WPR11FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA029), Oct 25, 2010: Cessna 340A (N68718), Morton, WA, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to arrest the excessive rate of turn into the failed engine, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was a partial…

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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