- Date
- November 12, 1984, 19:56 local (23:56 UTC)
- Place
- Tok, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N313SLCessna 310J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841112062719A
- Case key
- 4445
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed during an emerg night landing after the loss of pwr on both engines. Investigation revealed the rt eng was secured because of decreasing oil pressure & a visible oil leak. There were seven airports within reach of the acft when this eng was secured. However, the plt informed the ATC specialist at northway that he intended to continue on toward his fairbanks destination & would land at big delta if he had further problems. There were no suitable landing areas between tanacross & big delta, a distance of 74 miles. Later when the plt secured the lt eng, he attempted to reach the Alaska hwy but crashed in a wooded area. Examination of the engs revealed that both eng breather tubes were frozen full of ice for 5 inches above the normal discharge opening. The eng nose case seal was blown out on the rt eng. The oil cooler on the lt eng was ruptured. There were no pressure relief holes in either of the eng breather tubes/pipes. An alternate breater tube was not installed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N313SL
- Reported as
- Cessna 310J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310J-0130
- Airframe hours
- 2,929
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-U, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chris Thomas Catalone
- Registered owner
- Galvin Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1984 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 6K8 · Tok Junction
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,692 total · 14 in this make and model · 2,514 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -20 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORT, 34 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.