- Date
- February 21, 1984, 19:00 local (Feb 22, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3447GCessna 310R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840221004679A
- Case key
- 30972
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Prior to departure the plt noticed thunderstorms & lightning to the north of the arpt. He stated that immediately after takeoff he remembered a flash of light & a noise. His next recollection is impact & being in the water. The area around St. Petersburg at the time of the accident was IMC. A line of thunderstorms, levels 3, 4 & 5, with tops to 44,000 ft, were noted in the area. A witness (rated plt) stated he saw the acft depart & climb normally until it entered a low cloud (scud) bank & then heard the engs suddenly stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3447G
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0836
- Airframe hours
- 2,640
- Engine
- Continental IO-520M, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert C. Kane
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 14, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- SPG · St. Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- VNC · Venice, FL
- Airport
- SPG · Albert Whitted, runway 6, 3,322 × 100 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,380 total · 4 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 11 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.