- Date
- October 9, 1989, 13:33 local (20:33 UTC)
- Place
- Redmond, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1845HCessna 310C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891009039289A
- Case key
- 41137
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Probable cause
Poor inflight planning, and the pilot did not maintain a proper glide path on final approach, nor perform proper corrective action. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's attention was diverted due to an open cabin door and the partial loss of engine power.
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
Twenty min after dept, the plt reported that the top latch to the main cabin door opened. An attempt to close the door was unsuccessful. The plt opted to continue the flt. Several min passed when the lower latch opened. The airplane yawed to the rt with a tremendous buffeting. The plt diverted to the nearest arpt. While on an extended downwind to the rwy to reduce alt, the plt reported that the rt engine lost pwr momentarily. The plt could not identify a problem and continued the approach. While on final approach still above the glide slope, the plt reported that an eng quit. The plt could not identify which eng. The plt looked down and scanned the instrument panel to isolate the problem. When he looked back up, the plane was on short final and below the glide slope. The airplane then collided with the terrain short of the rwy. An eng test run was performed on both eng. Both eng were found to run at varying pwr settings for several minutes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1845H
- Reported as
- Cessna 310C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35945
- Airframe hours
- 4,333
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Inlow, Ken & Skultety, Ed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 23, 1988 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- S22 · Hermiston, OR
- Destination
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport
- RDM · Roberts, runway 10, 7,000 × 150 ft, dirt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 948 total · 13 in this make and model · 812 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM
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 N1845H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.