Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Westover Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Jackson, California 95642
Wednesday, May 3, 1989 11:00 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE ACFT OWNER WAS TAKING MEL TRAINING FOR A CLASS RATING. HE STATED THAT THE CFI TOLD HIM TO NOT USE THE AUX ELECTRIC FUEL PUMPS DURING TAKEOFF, A PROCEDURE IN CONTRADICTION TO THE FLIGHT MANUAL. DURING THE TAKEOFF GROUND ROLL, THE STUDENT SAID THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT AT A SPEED JUST BELOW ROTATION. THE CFI ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF, LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND LANDED IN A FIELD OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT SAID THE ACFT WAS HALFWAY DOWN THE 3,400 FT RUNWAY WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE FLIGHT MANUAL LISTS VMC AS 82 MPH, AND, VYSE AS 109 MPH. THE TAKEOFF AND LANDING GROUND ROLL DISTANCE CHARTS IN THE FLIGHT MANUAL STATE THAT 960 FEET IS REQUIRED TO ACCELERATE TO 86 MPH, AND 650 FT IS REQUIRED TO DECELERATE FROM THAT SPEED. EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT PROPELLER WAS NOT FEATHERED, AND NO REASON WAS FOUND FOR THE RIGHT ENGINE POWER LOSS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE FAILURE OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (PILOT IN COMMAND) TO REJECT THE TAKEOFF AFTER THE LOSS OF POWER ON ONE ENGINE WHEN SUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE DISREGARD OF THE AIRCRAFT MANUAL, FAILURE TO USE THE FUEL BOOST PUMP AND EXCEEDING THE AIRCRAFT SINGLE ENGINE PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/3/1989 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1100 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | JACKSON |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 95642 |
| Event Date Year | 1989 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | WESTOVER |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 070 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 1696 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 15 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 330 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 3100 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1226 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 3 1989 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1200 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 39475 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 12:41PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N1798H |
| NTSB Number | LAX89LA177 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 310C |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 310C |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 35898 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 4830 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 5 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 1 1989 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 12 |
| Airframe Hours | 3381 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | RICHARD I MASON |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 5761 FARISH ROAD |
| Aircraft Owner City | PLACERVILLE |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | MASON, RICHARD I. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 5761 FARISH ROAD |
| Operator City | PLACERVILLE |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 95667 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | O70 |
| Departure City | JACKSON |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1045 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | O70 |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 10 |
| Runway Length | 3400 |
| Runway Width | 60 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |