Accident Cessna 310R N37279, Friday 30 November 1984

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Date:	Friday 30 November 1984
Time:	10:51 LT
Type:	Cessna 310R
Owner/operator:	Rex Airlines
Registration:	N37279
MSN:	310R1202
Total airframe hrs:	2193 hours
Engine model:	Continental TSIO-520B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Pocatello, ID - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Twin Falls, ID (KTWF)
Destination airport:	Pocatello, ID (KPIH)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE ACFT HAD DESCENDED TO ABOUT 900 AGL AFTER PASSING THROUGH ICING CONDITIONS WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED THE ACFT STARTED YAWING AND THE ACFT ENGINE INSTRUMENTS WERE FLUCUATING. THE PLT THOUGHT THAT THE ENGINES WERE SURGING. THE ACFT WAS LANDED ABOUT 700 FT SHORT OF THE RWY IN SAGEBRUSH WHICH COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR. NO REASON FOR THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE COWL FLAPS WERE CLOSED ON THE RIGHT ENGINE AND OPEN ON THE LEFT ENGINE.

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