- Date
- March 3, 1989, 18:50 local (Mar 4, 1989, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N98934Cessna 310
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890303003379A
- Case key
- 34762
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Probable cause
The proper touchdown point was not attained by the pilot and the crankshaft failure on one engine. Contributing to the accident were the weather conditions and the approach lights which were contacted.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that after about 15 to 20 minutes into a personal IFR cross country flight, the left engine began to vibrate and lose power. He shut the engine down, contacted des moines approach for vectors to the arpt. The dsm weather was below minimum so vectors were given to the Cedar Rapids arpt. During the approach to runway 9 an area of heavy rain was encountered causing poor visibility. The acft landed short of the runway striking the approach lights and substantially damaging the acft. Post accident left engine teardown revealed a broke crankshaft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98934
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R0654
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-M, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Krueger, Urnie G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OMA · Omaha, NE
- Destination
- ARR · Aurora, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CID · Cedar Rapids, runway 9, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,466 total · 1,271 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 70° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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