Cessna 310I N14DR

Summary

On 23 July 1984 at about 15:50 local time, a Cessna 310I registered N14DR was involved in an accident near York, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 July 1984 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

York, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Thomasville

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 310I

Registration

N14DR

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

York → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84LA254

Nobody was 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 PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AND WAS CLIMBING AFTER HIS FIFTH TAKEOFF WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO STATE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLING UP WHEN THE LOSS OF PWR OCCURED. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED CLIMGING AND 'APPEARED TO SETTLE TOWARD THE GROUND.' THE RT WING BEGAN STRIKING CORN STALKS IN AN OPEN FIELD SO THE PILOT REDUCED THE PWR ON THE LEFT ENG AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE FIELD. EXAMINATION OF THE RT ENG AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MALFUNCTION. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THE FLAPS WERE FOUND AT THE 13 DEGREE SETTING. THE FLT MANUAL RECOMMENDS A 0 DEGREE FLAP SETTING FOR TAKEOFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.