Cessna 310L N2220F

Summary

On 14 May 1988 at about 18:30 local time, a Cessna 310L registered N2220F was involved in an accident near New Cumberland, West Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 May 1988 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

New Cumberland, West Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Herron (7G1)

Coordinates

40.4903, -80.6001

Aircraft

Cessna 310L

Registration

N2220F

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO88FA047

1 person had minor injuries.

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 PLT WAS DOING LOW PASSES DOWN RWY 04 WHEN ACCORDING TO THE PLT HE STRUCK A LARGE BIRD AFTER THE SECOND PASS JUST WHEN HE WAS STARTING TO CLIMB ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE FROM THE RWY END. THE PLT SAID THAT THE BIRD SHATTERED THE WINDSCREEN CAUSING THE PLT FACIAL INJURIES AND THE DISLODGING OF HIS EYEGLASSES. THE PLT TURNED BACK TO LAND ON RWY 22; HOWEVER, HE MISTAKENLY ALIGNED THE ACFT WITH RWY 19. HE STRUCK A TREE SHORT OF THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND ON A COURSE ALMOST PERPENDICULAR TO THE RWY. DURING THE IMPACT SEQUENCE BOTH ENGINES SEPARATED AND DAMAGED 2 PARKED ACFT AND 3 PARKED CARS. A WITNESS SAID THE ACFT STRUCK A TREE ABOUT ONE HALF MILE FROM THE AIRPORT BEFORE IT TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT TO LAND. THE ACFT AND A GROUND SEARCH DID NOT DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF A BIRD STRIKE. THE PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.