- Date
- March 15, 1985, 11:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Mckinney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3946KCessna 305E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850315007609A
- Case key
- 21697
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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 engine quit shortly after takeoff. The pilot landed in soft terrain (muddy field) and the aircraft nosed over. The pilot reported finding 1/2 cup of water in the fuel tank and gascolator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3946K
- Reported as
- Cessna 305E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24716
- Airframe hours
- 2,700
- Engine
- Continental O-470-15, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Johnson, Delmo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1984
- Airport
- TX05 · Aero-Country, runway 17, 2,950 × 40 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,875 total · 220 in this make and model · 5,760 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N3946K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.