ATL89LA031 · Cessna 310J
Cessna 310J · Accident: partial loss of engine power (mechanical failure) during takeoff
From TSO to OI13 · ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OH
Narrative check · The NTSB narrative appears to contradict this record's injuries. Values are shown as recorded, not corrected; compare with the narrative.
Event
- NTSB case
- ATL89LA031
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Completed
- API-reported fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Visual Meteorological Cond
Cessna 310J
- Aircraft type
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N3066L
- Operator
- Ronald A. Delvecchio · private individual
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From TSOTo OI13 · ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OH
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Takeoff · roll/run
- First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Partial loss of engine power (mechanical failure)
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Substantial
Cause areas
- Engine assembly, cylinder › Low compression
- Pilot in command › Aborted takeoff, not performed
- Pilot in command › Directional control, not maintained
- Pilot in command › Emergency procedure, not followed
Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.
NTSB narrative
THE PILOT HAD LANDED AT CARROLLTON, OH FOR REFUELLING AND BREAKFAST. AFTER REFUELLING HE TAXIED OUT FOR DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 25 FOR A FLIGHT BACK TO HIS HOME BASE. THE RUNUP WAS REPORTEDLY NORMAL. AFTER APPLICATION OF MAXIMUM POWER, HE STARTED HIS TAKEOFF ROLL. HE NOTED A SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN USUAL FUEL PRESSURE/FLOW. AT ABOUT 40 MPH, HE NOTED A LOSS OF POWER TO THE LEFT ENGINE AND THE AIRPLANE SWERVED TO THE LEFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO BECOME AIRBORNE BUT FAILED. THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND CONTINUED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE WIND AT THE TIME WAS FROM THE SOUTH AT 10-12 KNOTS. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE SPARK PLUG ELECTRODES FROM THE LEFT ENGINE WERE SOOTED AND THE NUMBER FIVE CYLINDER HAD VERY LOW COMPRESSION FROM A LEAK AROUND THE EXHAUST VALVE AREA.
Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset
Sources
NTSB record ATL89LA031
- Event ID
- 20001213X27195
- Case number
- ATL89LA031
- Dataset
- historical-pre2008
- Source SHA-256
- 89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (5)
- Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
- API snapshot SHA-256: 617c021124f12bf7e369c431eefb2e0846ac68ba1f0fcd246a7313582d4f0e2c; retrieved 2026-09-23T08:23:39.540Z.
- Corrected after a review of the NTSB narrative, which states these values explicitly: reported minor injuries. The narrative states "THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES" and mentions no other occupant; the record counted no injuries.