- Date
- December 5, 1985, 19:20 local (Dec 6, 1985, 03:20 UTC)
- Place
- Pendleton, OR
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2711UCessna 335
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851205063109A
- Case key
- 40260
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Analysis
At 500 ft AGL on departure climb, with lndg gear unretracted, plt felt vibrations similar to rough-running engine but noted no instrument indications, throttled back and leveled off. While trouble-shooting problem, plt noted acft was descending at 1200 fpm, added pwr but vibration increased so plt reduced pwr, concentrated on maintaining 'blue-line' spd (105 knots), and allowed adft to contract level snow-covered terrain in level attitude, gear down, flaps up, at speed in excess of 105 knots. Tear-down of engines and props revealed no pre-impact mechanical failure or malfunction. Both fuel selectors were found to contain water. Acft had history of water in fuel system. Fuel filler gap inner 'o' rings found to be excessively worn and no longer sealing
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2711U
- Reported as
- Cessna 335
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3350051
- Airframe hours
- 918
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E2B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Wallace Floor Covering, Inc., doing business as Aar Western Skyways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wallace Floor Covering, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1985 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- PDT · Pendleton, OR
- Destination
- S22 · Hermiston, OR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,799 total · 255 in this make and model · 3,435 as pilot in command · 173 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDT, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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