- Date
- March 6, 1982, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Freemont, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7661QCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820306003359A
- Case key
- 70752
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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 student was a rated pilot on his first instructional flight in this aircraft. After a practice aborted takeoff, the student applied power to start another takeoff. At about this time, the aircraft veered to the right. The instructorapplied left rudder and called for the student to cut the power; however the aircraft continued to the right and struck a snowbank. During an investigation, the right engine was operationally checked. With the fuel boost pumps off, it functioned normally. However, with the boost pump switch in the high position, the engine would not respond properly when the throttle was retarded from a high power setting and then re-advanced. The fuel flow remained high and black emissions came from the exhaust system. When the throttle was retarded, the engine would stop running. The left engine operated normally during the same check. The instructor suspected a malfunction of the fuel pump pressure switch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7661Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0440
- Airframe hours
- 1,261
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lakeshore Leasing
- Registered owner
- Lakeshore Leasing
- Departed
- 3FM · Freemont, MI
- Destination
- 3FM · Freemont, MI
- Airport
- 3FM · Fremont Municipal, runway 18, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Observed at
- 3FM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.