- Date
- August 6, 1992, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N158FCessna 310I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920806029559A
- Case key
- 18550
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Probable cause
Student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and improper supervision by the instructor pilot.
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
During an instructional flight the instructor pilot established a single engine configuration with zero thrust from the left engine and directed the student pilot to land at a local airport. During the landing the student pilot reduced the power just prior to touchdown and aircraft impacted the runway and bounced. The student pilot applied full power on both engines in an attempt to fly away from the runway; however, the airplane veered left and the left wing struck the ground. Following the wing striking the ground the airplane cartwheeled and both engines separated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N158F
- Reported as
- Cessna 310I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310I0091
- Airframe hours
- 4,098
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-U, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pro Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Rainone, Louis A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1992 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- T67 · Saginaw, TX
- Destination
- T67
- Airport
- 1F9 · Bridgeport Mun., runway 17, 4,000 × 60 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,515 total · 37 in this make and model · 1,342 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 35 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.