Cessna 310Q N7765Q
20 March 1988 · Donalsonville, Georgia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 March 1988 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 310Q registered N7765Q, operated by Hugh D. Broome, was involved in an accident near Donalsonville, Georgia, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Donalsonville, Georgia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Donalsonville Muni (17J)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310Q
- Registration
- N7765Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Hugh D. Broome
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL88LA122
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Probable cause
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 HAD EXPERIENCED PRIOR BRAKE PROBLEMS AND HAD REPEATED MAINTENANCE PERFORMED. HE FURTHER STATED THAT NOT ALL OF THE BRAKE PROBLEMS HAD BEEN CORRECTED. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE SEEMED 'SPONGY'. HE CONTINUED TO TAXI BUT AT A SLOWER SPEED. WHILE EXECUTING A RIGHT TURN A GUST OF WIND PUSHED THE NOSE FURTHER TO THE LEFT TOWARDS A BUILDING. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO THE MALFUNCTIONING RIGHT BRAKE. THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE BUILDING AND A FIRE RESULTED IMMEDIATELY. THE PILOT REPORTEDTHAT THE STROBE WAS LEFT ON. THE SUBSEQUENT FIRE SPREAD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. EXAMINATION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS INCONCLUSIVE DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 310 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 1988 | Cessna 310 | New Bern, North Carolina, United States | Falcon Air Service | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Oct 1988 | Cessna 310Q | Tell City, Indiana, United States | Morgan Aviation | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 1988 | Cessna 310R | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Calypso Airways | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jul 1988 | Cessna 310B | Ruston, Louisiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 1988 | Cessna 310Q | Mekoryuk, Alaska, United States | Lennart B. Wikstrom | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 1988 | Cessna 310G | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 1,745 records for this type
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