- Date
- January 14, 1988, 14:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Conroe, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3022DCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880114000549A
- Case key
- 22535
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Analysis
The newly certificated private pilot, who had 55.2 hours total flight experience, was on his initial solo flight in the Cessna 310 model. His flight logbook had been endorsed for solo flight in the aircraft on November 20, 1987. Witnesses observed a rather steep climbout after takeoff to an altitude of 2,500 to 3,000 feet MSL where the aircraft rolled to an inverted attitude and did a 2 1/2 turn spin to the left. The spin rotation was arrested but the aircraft crashed in a wooded area 4 miles south of the airport. No evidence of control malfunction was found. The engines were satisfactorily run in a test cell after the accident. The propellers showed evidence of rotation at impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3022D
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35222
- Engine
- Continental O-470-M, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clarence S. Thompson
- Registered owner
- Mark A. Evanson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1987
- Departed
- CXO · Conroe, TX
- Destination
- 4F2 · Carthage, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CXO · Montgomery County, runway 14, 5,400 × 150 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 7 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAH, 20 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 N3022D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.