- Date
- July 25, 1987, 21:45 local (Jul 26, 1987, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wrightstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5077YCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870725055219A
- Case key
- 30701
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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 instructor (CFI) & multi-eng commercial plt (student) were on a flt for a check-out in the Cessna 310. Drg a single eng go-around, the student increased the pitch attitude excessively & the airspeed decayed. The CFI took control of the acft & increased power on the eng that had been retarded. However, he rprtd the acft became uncontrollable & stalled. Subsequently, it contacted the rwy in a left wing low attitude & with the landing gear retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5077Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38078
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mcguire Afb Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Mcguire, runway 24, 10,000 × 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,436 total · 10 in this make and model · 3,265 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.