# NTSB SEA83LA007: Cessna 340, N6GD, Bellevue, WA, October 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 13, 1982, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Bellevue, WA
- Coordinates: 47.610744, -122.209281 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6107&lon=-122.2093&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69920
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69920/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA007

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command
  - propeller feathering - performed, pilot in command
  - object - residence (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command
  - airspeed(vmc) - not possible, pilot in command
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER AT OR SHORTLY AFTER ROTATION FOR TAKEOFF. REPORTEDLY, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ROOM TO STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITH A HOUSE NEAR THE END. HE OPTED TO CONTINUE THE TAKEOFF AND FLY TO A SAFE LANDING AREA. HE STATED THAT HE FEATHERED THE RIGHT PROPELLER AND STARTED THE GEAR UP, BUT WAS UNABLE TO EITHER CLIMB OR MAINTAIN HIS AIRSPEED. THE SPEED DETERIORATED TO VMC OR BELOW AND REQUIRED A DESCENT TO JUST ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL OF A LAKE. DURING THIS TIME THE LEFT ENGINE POWER WAS REDUCED TO PREVENT A ROLL TO THE RIGHT. THE PLANE CONTINUED ACROSS THE LAKE FOR ABOUT 1 MILE. WITH THE FAR SHORE AND HIGHER TERRAIN APPROACHING, THE PILOT DITCHED THE PLANE, AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER, IT SANK IN ABOUT 85 FT OF WATER. THE PLANE WAS RECOVER AND THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS STARTED AND AFTER IT WAS CLEANED AND A NEW STARTER VIBRATOR WAS INSTALLED. THE ENGINE WAS OPERATED TO THE RATED RPM.NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION WAS VERIFIED DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6GD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6GD-1984-08-29), registration cancelled 1984-08-29, S/N 340-0049 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Registry model: [Cessna 340](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (registry code 2076404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0049
- Airframe hours: 2700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-NB 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: D&D Equip Whslrs, Inc.
- Registered owner: George H. Dart
- Departed: BVU, BELLEVUE, WA
- Destination: BFI, SEATTLE, WA
- Airport: BVN, Bellevue Airfield, runway 2, 2,325 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 5,000 as pilot in command, 53 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 160 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BFI, 5 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821013052879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821013052879A), Oct 13, 1982: Cessna 340CESSNA, Bellevue, WA, Substantial damage. Right engine malfunctioned during takeoff. Runway was too short to stop. Aircraft unable to climb on one engine.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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