- Date
- June 8, 1985, 21:07 local (Jun 9, 1985, 02:07 UTC)
- Place
- Greenfield, IN
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1773HCessna 310C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850608024879A
- Case key
- 12900
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While en route, the l eng suddenly lost power & would not restart, so the plt feathered the l prop. After letting it cool aprx 5 min, he tried restarting it again, but still was unable. He stated he thought he then secured (feathered) the l eng. The plt diverted toward indianapolis. He noted that the r eng began to overheat & lose power. Subsequently, the acft crash landed in a corn fld at ngt with the lndg gear retracted & w/o lndg lgts (lgts would not extend). An examrevealed fuel was remaining in all tanks. Sheriff psnl had moved the fuel selectors when they arrived, so the selector positions were not verified. Found l throttle full fwd, l mix ctl mid-range, l prop ctl full low RPM (not feathered). The l prop was not feathered; but the r prop was feathered (plt said he feathered it just before impact). A teardown of the l eng revealed the #4 main bearing had failed; bottom half of oil cooler was 95% blocked from soft metal contamin- ation, prop gov mounting gasket was 75% blocked by metal contamination; but the l eng crankshaft would still turn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1773H
- Reported as
- Cessna 310C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35873
- Airframe hours
- 52,944
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herbert . Oakley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- STL · St.Louis, MO
- Destination
- CMH · Columbus, OH
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,445 total · 1,227 in this make and model · 2,296 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 23 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.
Other investigations on N1773H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.