# NTSB ATL86LA256: Cessna 310J, N3105L, Bessemer, AL, September 13, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 13, 1986, 12:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Coordinates: 33.430335, -86.990158 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4303&lon=-86.9902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7192
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA256
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7192/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA256

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - fluid,hydraulic - leak (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - inoperative (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF THE PLT ATTEMPTING TO TAXI BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF PARKED ACFT. HE USED THE LEFT BRAKE TO MANEUVER THE ACFT BETWEEN THE ROWS AND COULD NOT STOP THE TURN BY USING THE RIGHT BRAKE. THE ACFT CONTINUED IN THE TURN AND STRUCK A PARKED CESSNA 172. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO FLUID IN THE RIGHT BRAKE SYSTEM AND THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE BRAKE LINE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3105L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31000105
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540 290 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Euclid A. Isbell, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: 2A3, Bessemer

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 691 total, 206 in this make and model, 600 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860913044949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860913044949A), Sep 13, 1986: Cessna STC310, Bessemer, AL, Substantial damage. The taxiing aircraft struck N733UA which was parked. The brake line to the right brake was found tobe cracked.

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.

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