- Date
- September 9, 1987, 09:52 local (13:52 UTC)
- Place
- Williamsport, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4166QCessna 310N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30736
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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
After landing, the cargo was unloaded & the acft was prepared for departure. The plt stated the preflight was normal & satisfactory. He rprtd that when the left eng was started, he heard a loud 'pop' & observed 'flame traces and smoke.' He immediately shut down the eng & exited the acft to investigate. He found that about 4' of the outboard, leading edge section of the left wing had exploded & buckled. He stated that flames & smoke were visible & immediately extinguished. The plt rprtd the left fuel strainer cork gasket was faulty. Dry fuel stains were found on the bottom of the left wing, left flap, left eng nacelle & left landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4166Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310N-0076
- Airframe hours
- 7,358
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-V, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Aero Taxi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1987 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- IPT
- Destination
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IPT · Williamsport
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,936 total · 335 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 172 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F