Cessna 310 N5209A

Summary

On 25 December 1984 at about 19:56 local time, a Cessna 310 registered N5209A was involved in an accident near Temecula, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 December 1984 at 19:56

Classification

Accident

Location

Temecula, California, United States

Nearest airport

Rancho California (2L0)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 310

Registration

N5209A

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Avalon

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85FA084

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL POWER LOSS OF THE RT ENG DURING TAKEOFF FROM RANCHO CALIF AIRPORT & CRASHED ABOUT ONE HALF MI NORTHWEST. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB, NOR WOULD IT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AT ABOUT 40 FT AGL. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED A RT TURN TO AVOID A BUILDING THE ACFT SPEED 'PROBABLY' WENT BELOW VMC. EXAMINATION OF THE RT ENG FAILED TO REVEAL ANY FAILURE OF THE ROTATIONAL/MECHANICAL SYSTEM. OIL FROM AN UNKNOWN ORGIN WAS FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR AIR SIDE. IN A PRESSURE CARBURETOR, ANY CONTAMINENTS COULD CAUSE AN IMMEDIATE POWER LOSS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.