- Date
- July 5, 1982, 12:57 local (18:57 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8818NCessna 310I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820705027719A
- Case key
- 70456
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Analysis
Upon arriving in the Denver area, the plt had penetrated 15 mi into the tca before being radar identified. He was instructed by the apch ctlr to contact tower by telfon after landing. After switching to tower freq he had to modify hisright base to rwy 8L to a downwind due departing traffic. He then notified tower of a right eng failure. He was cleared to land rwy 8L but made a final apch to rwy 8R instead. While in a position to land on rwy 8R, an acft on the rwy volunteered to clear the rwy but was told not to by the local ctlr. After the C-310 cleared the acft on the rwy, & at about 400 ft above the rwy, r eng feathered, gear down, about 8,000 ft of rwy remaining, the supervisor ctlr suggested that the plt make a right turn & come back around again to which the plt complied. After completing 3/4 of this single- eng go-around into the dead eng, the plt was asked to extend his gear at which time the acft stalled. Neither ctlr was plt rated. At no time prior to the go-around were all rwys, taxiways, grass areas made available to the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8818N
- Reported as
- Cessna 310I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310I0188
- Airframe hours
- 3,431
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-U, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard C. Torrey
- Registered owner
- Western General Agency, Inc.
- Departed
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- C · Piedmont, SC
- Airport
- DEN · Stapleton Intl, runway 8R, 10,004 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 993 total · 88 in this make and model · 841 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN
FAA reports on this event · 1
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