# NTSB SEA88FA083: Cessna 310G, N2924R, Las Vegas, NV, April 23, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 23, 1988, 11:04 local (18:04 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Coordinates: 36.210155, -115.209266 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2102&lon=-115.2093&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40722
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88FA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40722/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88FA083

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,pump - seized (cause)
  - maintenance,overhaul - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed(vmc) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - propeller feathering - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2924R-2013-07-15), registration cancelled 2013-07-15, S/N 310G0124, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310G
- Registry model: [Cessna 310G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310g) (registry code 2074218) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310G0124
- Airframe hours: 3216
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880423010079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880423010079A), Apr 23, 1988: Cessna 310G, Las Vegas, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Right engine fuel pump seized on takeoff. Pilot failed to feather, got below VMC rolled and crashed.

## Other investigations on N2924R (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC72FGM40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72FGM40), Apr 21, 1972: Cessna 310G (N2924R), Dubois, PA, substantial damage

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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