Accident Cessna 310R N37279,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 378035
 
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Date:Friday 30 November 1984
Time:10:51 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C310 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 310R
Owner/operator:Regional Express
Registration: N37279
MSN: 310R1202
Total airframe hrs:2193 hours
Engine model:Continental TSIO-520B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Pocatello, ID -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Twin Falls, ID (KTWF)
Destination airport:Pocatello, ID (KPIH)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE ACFT HAD DESCENDED TO ABOUT 900 AGL AFTER PASSING THROUGH ICING CONDITIONS WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED THE ACFT STARTED YAWING AND THE ACFT ENGINE INSTRUMENTS WERE FLUCUATING. THE PLT THOUGHT THAT THE ENGINES WERE SURGING. THE ACFT WAS LANDED ABOUT 700 FT SHORT OF THE RWY IN SAGEBRUSH WHICH COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR. NO REASON FOR THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE COWL FLAPS WERE CLOSED ON THE RIGHT ENGINE AND OPEN ON THE LEFT ENGINE.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: SEA85LA023
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB SEA85LA023

Location

Revision history:

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