# NTSB DEN82AA127: Cessna 310I, N8818N, Denver, CO, July 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: July 5, 1982, 12:57 local (18:57 UTC)
- Place: Denver, CO
- Coordinates: 39.739089, -104.859382 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7391&lon=-104.8594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70456
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82AA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70456/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82AA127

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - control tower service - poor, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)
  - all available runway - disregarded, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - instructions,written/verbal - improper, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vmc) - below, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310I0188
- Airframe hours: 3431
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 50; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820705027719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820705027719A), Jul 5, 1982: Cessna 310I, Denver, CO, Destroyed. Turned into feathered engine on a go around. Stalled as gear extended in the turn. Tower suggested course of action.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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