Cessna 310 accident near Danville, VA
On February 1, 2022, a Cessna 310 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Danville, VA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 1, 2022
- Place
- Danville, VA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.556°N, 79.253°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220201104587
Official records · ERA22FA114
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn February 1, 2022, about 1006 eastern standard time, a Cessna 310R airplane, N622QT, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Danville, Virginia. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated by Sol Aerial Surveys as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerial surveying flight. According to another company pilot, on the morning of the accident, he and the accident pilot arrived at the Danville Regional Airport (DAN), Danville, Virginia, conducted their flight planning together, and completed the preflight inspections of their respective airplanes. They then taxied their airplanes to runway 2 for engine run-up and surveying computer start-up. During the taxi and engine run-up, the accident airplane was heading 196º true (205° magnetic). The company pilot estimated that the accident pilot was on that heading for about 8-10 minutes while they completed these pre-departure tasks. The company pilot departed first, and the accident pilot departed several minutes later at 1003. A performance study was prepared based on automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The study and ADSB-B data showed that that the airplane departed DAN and turned toward the southeast. Shortly after takeoff, the airplane’s climb rate decreased from 1,200 ft/minute to about 500 ft/minute, and the airplane’s acceleration stopped. The airplane reached an altitude of about 2,625 ft above mean sea level (msl) about 2 minutes into the flight and began a 10°-bank-angle left turn
Probable cause
The pilot’s impairment due to exposure to carbon monoxide as a result of undetected engine exhaust penetration into the cockpit, resulting in the pilot's failure to maintain a minimum controllable airspeed after partially securing an engine after takeoff.
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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.
