- Date
- June 24, 2010, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ashdown, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N18RRCessna 310C
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20100624038299A
- Case key
- 76719
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of directional control during the takeoff roll and his lack of experience in the airplane.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he accelerated the twin-engine airplane down a grass airstrip to an indicated airspeed speed of approximately 80 mph when it suddenly began to rain hard. Unable to see, the pilot attempted to aborted the takeoff roll; however, the airplane exited the airstrip and impacted a mobile home. The fuselage sustained structural damage during the mishap. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane. In addition, the pilot reported that he had not received instruction in the accident airplane make/model, nor did he hold a multi-engine pilot rating at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
The private pilot accelerated the twin-engine airplane down a 3,000 foot grass airstrip to an indicated airspeed speed of approximately 80 mph when it “suddenly began to rain hard.” Unable to see, the solo pilot attempted to aborted the takeoff roll; however, the airplane exited the airstrip and impacted a mobile home. The airplane came to rest in an upright position and the pilot was able to exit unassisted. The fuselage sustained structural damage during the mishap. The pilot later reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane’s flight controls. In addition, the pilot reported that he had not received instruction in the accident airplane make/model, nor did he hold a multi-engine pilot rating at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18RR
- Reported as
- Cessna 310C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35977
- Airframe hours
- 3,372
- Engines
- Cont Motor I0-470 SERIES, 260 horsepower, reciprocatingCont Motor I0-470 SERIES, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stoneman Excavating Co Inc
- Registered owner
- Stoneman Excavating Co Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 2010
- Departed
- None · Ashdown, AR
- Destination
- None · Ashdown, AR
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- None · Garrison, runway 18, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 58
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 265 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- TXK, 17 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 9, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.