- Date
- August 30, 1985, 17:36 local (Aug 31, 1985, 00:36 UTC)
- Place
- Simi Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6490VCessna T303
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19850830042369A
- Case key
- 24531
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees during a forced landing following a loss of pwr. The student plt stated the flt was normal until a 'violent right yaw' developed when the trottles were advanced to recover from a practice stall. As the CFI took over the controls and attepted recovery a 'substantial loss of power' occurred on both engs. A forced landing was made in a fld during which the left wing contacted trees and the acft was engulfed in flames. Post accident examination of the left eng failed to disclose any discrepancies. Discrepancies were noted on the right eng. 1) the fuel controller fuel line 'tee' fitting was cracked around 50% of its circumference. (Ductile overload) 2) the turbocharger gasket on the inlet side of the turbine showed leakage aound 70% of the gasket are. The acft had a history of symptoms of fuel vaporization which subsided with use of the aux fuel pump as the eng manufactorer suggests. It is unknown if the aux pump was used during this accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6490V
- Reported as
- Cessna T303
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T30300312
- Airframe hours
- 2
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-AE, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gunnell Aviation
- Registered owner
- Raymond J. Risher,P.F.Margo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- SMO · Santa Monica, CA
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,365 total · 127 in this make and model · 3,240 as pilot in command · 178 in the last 90 days · 112 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.