- Date
- April 23, 1988, 11:04 local (18:04 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2924RCessna 310G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880423010079A
- Case key
- 40722
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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
During initial climb at 100 ft after takeoff, the pilot announced he had lost an engine. Witnesses observed the aircraft enter a nose high attitude, roll to the right and descend in a vertical nose down attitude until impact with the ground. The aircraft burst into flames and was destroyed by post impact fire. The investigation revealed evidence of loss of power of the right engine and the propeller in the high RPM setting. Examination of the right engine fuel injection pump revealed internal seizure of the pump mechanism. The pump, which was installed on the engine the day before the accident, had recently been overhauled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2924R
- Reported as
- Cessna 310G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310G0124
- Airframe hours
- 3,216
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Curtis L. Walker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 17, 1987 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- VGT · North Las Vegas, runway 22, 3,270 × 65 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 673 total · 156 in this make and model · 634 as pilot in command · 94 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 8 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.
Other investigations on N2924R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.