- Date
- February 15, 1982, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Farmerville, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6822TCessna 310D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820215004139A
- Case key
- 70667
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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
Before this flight, the aircraft had not been flown for a period of time. The pilot was the owner of a maintenance facility and was preparing to perform an annual inspection of the aircraft. He elected to fly it around the airport to warm up the engines before draining the crankcase. Shortly after takeoff, the left engine lost power. The pilot was unable to restart the engine. He attempted to feather the propeller, but stated that it would not stop rotating. The landing gear was not retracted, and the aircraft would not maintain altitude with the gear down. The plane descended and collided with trees. Water and trash was found in the fuel lines. The pilot stated that the left engine and propeller did not impact with an object. But one blade was feathered and one was not. No discrepancies were found with the internal parts of the propeller, both blade clamps were in the feathered position. All blade clamp bolts were undertorqued.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6822T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 39122
- Airframe hours
- 4,093
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- John D. Bolton
- Registered owner
- Jimmy D. Tapley
- Departed
- Farmerville, LA
- Destination
- Farmerville, LA
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 9,999 as pilot in command · 292 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 25 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 N6822T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.