- Date
- May 27, 1981
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2636LCessna 310R
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810527028969A
- Case key
- 125793
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1515 81/5/27 GRAND RAPIDS,MI CESSNA 310R CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1111 N2636L PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 29, 4200 TOTAL HOURS, 234 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT CO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND RAPIDS,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- PRACTICING SINGLE ENG/EMERG PROCS.OBSD TO TKOF W LOW AIRSPEED,YAW RGT,CRASH.RUDDER TRIMMED TO RGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2636L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kent Co Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.