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Box 12453 4 FROM THE EDITOR Charlotte, NC 28220 most experienced and respected interior Phone: 1-877-977-3246 Webinars, seminars, Crusader fly-in, Email: [email protected] Twin Cessna accidents, insurance shops in the nation. Website: www.twincessna.org survey, amazing changes, In this The Twin Cessna Flyer Magazine is the official publication of the The Twin Issue, and more. FLY LIKE A PRO - TEN sm 22 Cessna Flyer owners organization, TIPS P.O. Box 12453 Charlotte, NC 28220. Membership dues are $85 annually THORNTON 310 - YOU- Airline flying is safer than general ($130 international), which includes a 8 free subscription to The Twin Cessna TUBE “310 PILOT” aviation flying by many orders of Flyer magazine. You likely know of Kevin Thornton magnitude. Why is that? Member Jason The Twin Cessna Flyer is not affiliated with or sponsored by Textron as YouTube’s “310 Pilot.” In spite of Beall tells us how he has incorporated Aviation or the Cessna Aircraft Com- standardized professional flying pany. his fame, he’s just one of us with a great 310 that he loves and continues procedures into flying his 310 and why Twin Cessna owners and operators are encouraged to submit articles and to upgrade. The latest upgrade is the he thinks it has made his flying safer. We pictures for publication. Once submit- ted, the articles and pictures become new paint scheme showcased on the all should do the same. the property of The Twin Cessna Flyersm and cannot be returned. The cover. act of making a submission for publica- READERS WRITE tion is an express warranty that the 26 submitted material does not infringe on INTERIOR Wing locker lights, tip tank pumps, the rights or copyrights of others. 14 RENOVATIONS - PT. 1 wing rebuilding, corrosion repair, nose Published articles may include opinions or specific recommendations on aircraft Interior renovations are simple, fenders, brake lines, stall warning horn maintenance or operational practices. adjustment, and more. These opinions and recommendations right? Just rip out the old and put in are solely those of the article author the new. If only it were so. There is and not necessarily those of The Twin Cessna Flyersm. The Twin Cessna Flyersm much more to replacing the interior CLASSIFIED ADS does not endorse any practice that 32 would be in violation of FAA regulations of a Twin Cessna, especially given or the aircraft POH/AFM. the age of our fleet. This is the first 36 UPCOMING SEMINAR Nothing appearing in The Twin INFORMATION Cessna Flyersm may be reproduced article in a series written by Dennis or distributed without the express permission of the publisher. The twin cessna flyer advisory GROUP Larry A. Ball - New Haven, IN Anthony R. Saxton - Defiance, OH Cover and related article photos provided by Kevin Thornton. Editing assistance provided by Rose Comaduran. Copyright 2020 The Twin Cessna Flyersm. All rights reserved. THE TWIN CESSNA FLYER • JULY 2020 | 3 from the editor by Bob Thomason, Editor WEBINARS restaurant on the field. It’s also the home of Howard Aviation, a shop used by many of our members in the area. Fall Seminars We have conducted three webinars already this season: The seminar content is the same at all 1) September 24 - 27, 2020 seminars. There is more “show-and-tell” Defiance, OH (KDFI) • Recent Twin Cessna ADs and at the Defiance seminar, however, due to Service Bulletins conducted by Tony the abundance of parts and airplanes in 2) November 5 - 8, 2020 Saxton, our Director of Technical the nearby hangars. Be sure to join us at La Verne, CA (KPOC) Support. one of these events. It will be some of the best money you ever spend in aviation. • Avionics Upgrades for Twin Cessnas See page 36 for details by Garmin and Mayday Avionics You can register online on our website (www.twincessna.org), or just send me • Low Workload Approaches and Landings by Tom Turner, Executive an email at [email protected]. Director of the ABS Safety Foundation. CRUSADER FLY-IN Links to recordings of each of these On Saturday, May 29 member Tim can be found on our website: www. Applegate hosted a T303 Crusader twincessna.org. fly-in at his home field in Morris, IL (C09). Four Crusaders flew in: two from We hope to have at least several more Oklahoma, one from North Carolina webinars and will communicate them (me), and one from Minnesota. Counting Fly-in host Tim Applegate and his T303. to you via email. Also be sure to take Tim’s 303, that was five — just under 10 percent of the registered fleet in the US! advantage of the many webinars We put together a short video of Two others who planned to fly in had to conducted by the avionics companies, the event that’s accessible from our cancel. AOPA, and EAA. homepage: www.twincessna.org. Check it out. SEMINAR UPDATE We had a great time. Each of us spent a few minutes standing in front of our This was the perfect type of fly-in airplane and telling the rest of the group We don’t know what the virus situation for this COVID environment — small why we had bought it, what upgrades will be in the fall, but we are assuming enough to minimize our exposure to we’d done, and any issues we’d dealt the best and have two Twin Cessna each other and abide by local rules. If with. Tim cooked us brats and burgers Systems and Engine seminars planned. any of you want to host a similar Twin for lunch and we watched the Falcon Registration is now open for both. Cessna event at your airport, contact me. 9 rocket launch on the big screen TV We’ll help get the word out. September 24 - 27, we will make the in Tim’s man-cave/hangar. Also in the group hangar were a brand new TBM annual trek to scenic Defiance, OH, and TWIN CESSNA meet at TAS Aviation - the Twin Cessna 940 and several cool cars including a ACCIDENTS - MAY shop owned by our Director of Technical pristine1967 Corvette and a beautifully Support, Tony Saxton. So in addition restored 1948 Triumph 1800 Roadster Each month, we list the NTSB to the class, there will be a hangar full with a rumble seat. It was Guy Heaven. information on Twin Cessna accidents of Twin Cessnas in various stages of for the latest available month, along disassembly that we can look at. TAS with the any Probable Cause releases for always rolls out the red carpet for us that month. Note that accidents are not by providing us lunch and selecting our always listed in the month they occur dinner locations. but are sometimes delayed. We’ll publish the information when the NTSB releases Then on November 5 - 8, we’ll convene it. There were no new accidents reported in Southern California at Brackett in May and only one Probable Cause. Field in La Verne, CA (KPOC). This is a new location for us, but I’ve flown With superb weather as a backdrop, Wayne Probable Causes: here several times and it’s an easy, Brutger tells our fly-in group about his conveniently-located airport with a Crusader. Accident Date: 9/5/19 4 | TWINCESSNA.ORG Aircraft: 1972 Cessna 310Q N7673Q • Only a very small group experienced experienced insurance premium Location: Tahlequah, OK increases of greater than 30%. increases but the reasons are not clear Severity: Non-fatal • Aircraft type (pressurized or from the survey data. What we are Probable Cause: The total loss of right unpressurized) did not have much seeing is the general tightening of the engine power due to fuel starvation and impact, although 421 owners aviation insurance market due to recent the pilot’s improper fuel management.