- Date
- February 19, 1984, 18:30 local (Feb 20, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N667RCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840219004659A
- Case key
- 24175
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Analysis
The acft was for sale & the plt, who represented himself as being qualified to fly it, was performing a pre-purchase flt. He reported that he initially felt uncomfortable flying this acft although he had prevously owned a Cessna 310. He was unfamiliar with the location of some of the acft's switches & made the statement that it was dark inside the cockpit. During a steep turn to base, the engs sputtered. Rwy 24 was notamed closed & the rwy lites were inop. The plt stated that when he heard the engs sputter, he became confused & anxious. He stated 'I got antsy pants, did a 360 degreeturn, and crashed.' The acft impacted hard on the unlighted taxiway parlleling rwy 24 in a near wings level attitude. The landing gear was found in the fully retracted position. The student had not been endorsed to solo in a Cessna 310. No preimpact part failure on malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N667R
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35443
- Airframe hours
- 1,822
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-A1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Francis Rhinehard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- RYN · Ryan Field, runway 24, 5,500 × ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 362 total · 80 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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