Cessna 310R N87365

Summary

On 11 January 1999 at about 20:48 local time, a Cessna 310R registered N87365 was involved in an accident near Kearny, New Jersey, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 January 1999 at 20:48

Classification

Accident

Location

Kearny, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 310R

Registration

N87365

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Teterboro → Atlantic City

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC99FA047

1 person died.

a loss of elevator control for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While the airplane was climbing, the pilot reported that he did not have any elevator control. Radar data revealed that the airplane had momentarily leveled off at 1,000 feet, and then climbed to 2,000 feet prior to entering a descent. The airplane impacted a rail car in a railroad yard, in a steep nose down pitch attitude. Examination of the airplane revealed the elevator trim was in a full nose down position, and the elevators were in a trailing edge down position at impact. Examination of the elevator trim system revealed that the trailing edge of the elevator trim tab would move down for airplane nose-up trim and up for airplane nose-down trim. Further, if the elevator movement was restricted, the elevator trim tab would function as a small elevator, and move the airplane opposite of the direction desired by movement of the cockpit elevator trim wheel.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.