- Date
- July 23, 1984, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- York, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N14DRCessna 310I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840723036569A
- Case key
- 35719
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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
The pilot stated that he was performing touch and go landings and was climbing after his fifth takeoff when the right engine lost power. The pilot continued to state that the landing gear was cycling up when the loss of pwr occured. The aircraft stopped climging and 'appeared to settle toward the ground.' The rt wing began striking corn stalks in an open field so the pilot reduced the pwr on the left eng and the aircraft settled into the field. Examination of the rt eng after the accident revealed no evidence of a malfunction. Examination of the acft revealed the flaps were found at the 13 degree setting. The flt manual recommends a 0 degree flap setting for takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14DR
- Reported as
- Cessna 310I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310I0045
- Airframe hours
- 5,325
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-U, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aerophilia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1983
- Departed
- York, PA
- Airport
- Thomasville, runway 16, 4,200 × 100 ft, dirt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 689 total · 189 in this make and model · 614 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.