# Accident 20160909016429A: Cessna 310N, Wickenburg, AZ, September 9, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2016, 07:15 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9658° N, 112.8131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9658&lon=-112.8131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N126P-2017-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160909016429A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 23.  ALL EYEWITNESSES SAID THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT GAIN ALTITUDE AS IT SHOULD HAVE.  ALL WITNESSES STATE THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF STARTED VEERING RIGHT AND WAS NOT CLIMBING. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FOR ABOUT A 1/4 MILE WHEN IT ABRUPTLY DROPPED IT?S RIGHT WING AND STRUCK A GARBAGE TRUCK CONTAINER.  THE RIGHT WING WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A TREE NOSE DOWN TO THE GROUND FACING NORTH.

## 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 WPR16FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA176), Sep 9, 2016: Cessna 310N (N126P), Wickenburg, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Total loss of power to the right engine during takeoff due to a fuel contaminant, which blocked the fuel flow transducer and resulted in fuel starvation to the engine.

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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