This was a very interesting video!!! Amazing about the single engine take of from kpdx!!! And the 2nd plane, the Baron twin, I thought I saw a bit in the article about the belly landing that said the engine quit on only the 2nd day your dad had owned the plane!!! Sounds like your dad was very quick to identify a problem and get right to the solution calmly and fast enough to prevent any kind of complicating issues like a stall or having the good engine roll it over. Very glad you and your family made it through all those years of flying without a major accidents and lived to tell the story!!! Good video! Ive been watching videos from various other pilots who have looked into the sad ending of the TNflygirls flight. I wanted to learn more about that plane so i got it for my flight sim but thats as close to being a pilot I will get at this stage of life. Thanks for sharing this info!

Interesting video. I have owned 4 310s over the years, currently own a 59 310C (25 years so far). Interestungly, the USAF bought a number of 310As (originally designated L27, later U3A) and some 310Es, designated U3B. Cessna performed extensive flight tests on both, including single engine takeoffs, drift down ceiling tests, accelerate-stop and accelerate-go testa, among others. Data from those tests is shown in the USAF U3 flight manual, which is a great reference for early 310s. Once in flight and under control, the very effective trim tabs (rudder, aileron and elevator) of the 310 can offset most of the force required in single engine flight. They are great twin engine planes IMHO.