- Date
- February 7, 1983, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Vichy, MO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N202JMCessna 310F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830207002709A
- Case key
- 33315
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that shortly after takeoff, at 500 ft AGL, the left prop feathered by itself, then the left engine quit & he was unable to restart it. He elected to divert to rolla, MO & land at the national arpt which had a longer rwy. While en route, he radioed that the acft would not maintain alt, then reported that the right engine was smoking. Fss personnel saw smoke from the acft & started the fire/rescue procedure. After the right engine lost power, the acft struck trees, crashed & burned. An investigation revealed that the acft had been fueled with unleaded 87 octane auto fuel. The owner had obtained 500 gal of unleaded auto fuel on 11/11/82. An exam of the left engine revealed erosion of the #1, #5 & #6 piston crowns, black oil with aluminum fragments & silicone rubber gasket cement, and over heating of the #4 & #5 main bearings. The right engine had detonation damage on the #3 piston, flame path thru the #4 cylinder (under the exhaust valve), melted aluminum on the valve heads & piston crowns, 2 brkn rings, otr discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202JM
- Reported as
- Cessna 310F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310-0132
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- Continental IO-470D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frankie L. Schwartz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- K33 · Salem, MO
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,455 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIH, 6 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.