- Date
- February 11, 1970
- Place
- Middletown, DE · MIDDLETOWN, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3288XCessna 310L
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135774
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0844 70/2/11 MIDDLETOWN,DEL CESSNA 310L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 381 TIME - 1310 N3288X PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUMMIT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETOWN,DEL FLORENCE,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 40 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 20K. RWY NEARLY INTO WIND AVAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3288X
- Reported as
- Cessna 310L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Summit
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.
Other investigations on N3288X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.