- Date
- February 24, 1978
- Place
- Lititz, PA · LITITZ, PA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3092LCessna 310J
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780224002119A
- Case key
- 143788
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0321 78/2/24 LITITZ,PA CESSNA 310J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2000 TIME - 1745 N3092L PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANCASTER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITITZ,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3092L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lancaster Muni
N3092LRegistration cancelled May 3, 2018 · Cessna 310JAirframe modelCessna 310JEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.