- Date
- April 3, 1985, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Abiquiu, NM
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5060QCessna 310N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850403013459A
- Case key
- 16659
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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 pilot attempted to takeoff from a rough, unimproved airstrip with a 3% uphill gradient, high density altitude, and gusty crosswind conditions. During the takeoff roll, the pilot lost directional control, lifted the airplane off the ground, cleared a boundary fence, stalled, and crashed on the other side of the fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5060Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310N-0160
- Airframe hours
- 28,329
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry Jessen & Mike Mccoun
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1984 · 38 hours before
- Destination
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- 50E · Ghost Ranch, runway 32, 5,200 × 75 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 10 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAD, 48 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.