Cessna 335 N2711U

Summary

On 6 December 1985 at about 03:20 local time, a Cessna 335 registered N2711U, operated by Wallace Floor Covering, Inc., was involved in an accident near Pendleton, Oregon, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 December 1985 at 03:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Pendleton, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

45.7297, -118.7903

Aircraft

Cessna 335

Registration

N2711U

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Wallace Floor Covering, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pendleton → Hermiston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA86FA028

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

AT 500 FT AGL ON DEPARTURE CLIMB, WITH LNDG GEAR UNRETRACTED, PLT FELT VIBRATIONS SIMILAR TO ROUGH-RUNNING ENGINE BUT NOTED NO INSTRUMENT INDICATIONS, THROTTLED BACK AND LEVELED OFF. WHILE TROUBLE-SHOOTING PROBLEM, PLT NOTED ACFT WAS DESCENDING AT 1200 FPM, ADDED PWR BUT VIBRATION INCREASED SO PLT REDUCED PWR, CONCENTRATED ON MAINTAINING 'BLUE-LINE' SPD (105 KNOTS), AND ALLOWED ADFT TO CONTRACT LEVEL SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN IN LEVEL ATTITUDE, GEAR DOWN, FLAPS UP, AT SPEED IN EXCESS OF 105 KNOTS. TEAR-DOWN OF ENGINES AND PROPS REVEALED NO PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. BOTH FUEL SELECTORS WERE FOUND TO CONTAIN WATER. ACFT HAD HISTORY OF WATER IN FUEL SYSTEM. FUEL FILLER GAP INNER 'O' RINGS FOUND TO BE EXCESSIVELY WORN AND NO LONGER SEALING

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.