Cessna 310Q accident near Salisbury, MD
On September 28, 1999, a Cessna 310Q (airplane) was involved in an accident near Salisbury, MD. 4 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 28, 1999
- Place
- Salisbury, MD
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310Q · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 4 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.370°N, 75.579°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19781
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 28, 1999, at 0650 Eastern Daylight Time, a Cessna 310Q, N69945, was substantially damaged during a forced landing and collision with terrain, while on approach to the Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY), Salisbury, Maryland. The certificated commercial pilot and three passengers received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that originated at SBY at 0643, destined for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. An instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the flight operated by Bayland Aviation Incorporated, and conducted under 14 CFR Part 135. In a telephone interview, one back-seat passenger said the purpose of the flight was to fly to Scranton, Pennsylvania, on business. He said that he and one other person in the party were to travel earlier in the month, but the trip was postponed to September 28th due to hurricane Floyd. The passenger said the third person was added to the group shortly before departure. He said: "We took off and a few minutes into the flight the right engine sputtered. A few minutes later, it did it again. It was too loud to hear but [the pilot] was talking; he reached over and tapped one of the engine gauges. He had no more than banked it when the engine quit. The propeller stopped dead as a doornail. It was straight up and down. I said something to [the other backseat passenger] like it's a good thing we have that other engine, but then I realized that the other engine wasn't keeping us up in the air. After that it w
Probable cause
The improper installation of the #2 cylinder that resulted in a fractured crankshaft and a total loss of engine power. Factors in the accident were the premature deployment of the landing gear and flaps by the pilot.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
