SEA75DYE26

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 310 · Bellingham, WA · January 3, 1975

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
January 3, 1975
Place
Bellingham, WA · BELLINGHAM, WA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N911ALCessna 310
Status
Completed · report March 25, 1975
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19750103000279A
Case key
147968

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0302   75/1/3    BELLINGHAM,WA       CESSNA 310          CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1600                    N911AL              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 49, 5780 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            110 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLINGHAM INTL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BELLINGHAM,WA               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: OTHER
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
           DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
        REMARKS- SIM 2 ENGS OUT OVR ARPT,LNDD SHORT OF RWY.MULTI-ENG TRAINING,STDNT ALSO CFI.

Aircraft

Registration
N911AL
Reported as
Cessna 310
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Bellingham Intl

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.

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.