- Date
- March 30, 1986, 16:45 local (Mar 31, 1986, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Yermo, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6762TCessna 310D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860330008179A
- Case key
- 25106
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with rough terrain after an eng failure on takeoff from a private dirt airstrip. The plt indicated that the left eng failed just after liftoff. The acft yawed uncontrolled to the left and drifted off the 30 ft wide strip. The plt aborted the takeoff and the acft collided with rough terrain adjacent to the strip. Investigation revealed the gear collapsed due to side loading. The plt indicated that he had a total of 17.7 hours of multiengine fixed wing experience none of which had been logged within the past 90 days. The plt also indicated the last acft annual inspection was completed on 11/4/83.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6762T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 39062
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 360 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ernest M. Harris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1983
- Departed
- Yermo, CA
- Airport
- runway 25, 2,300 × 30 ft, dirt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,517 total · 13 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.