- Date
- April 2, 1990, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Belleville, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18HFCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900402013799A
- Case key
- 34954
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate remedial action in response to the loss of power in the right engine, which resulted in his failure to attain the proper touchdown point for landing.
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
The plt rprtd that before depg on a x-country flt, he elected to make a local flt with 1 lndg. After turning into final apch & extending the gear to land, the rgt eng lost power. The plt said he checked the fuel selector & mag switches, but 'couldn't get response until too late.' Subsequently, the acft was landed short of the rwy, damaging the landing gear, fuselage & both props. No reason was found for the rprtd loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18HF
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310K0152
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-V, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Enderlin Grain Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1989 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- RPB
- Airport
- RPB · Bellville, runway 36, 3,500 × 60 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,233 total · 1,586 in this make and model · 2,168 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNK, 20 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.
Other investigations on N18HF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.