# Accident 19850715031349A: Cessna STC320, Rapid City, SD, July 15, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1985, 08:05 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Lien
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0705° N, 103.2304° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0705&lon=-103.2304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90HC-1999-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC320
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,055 total, 259 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN85FA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850715031349A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED ON LANDING AND STARTED GO AROUND WITH EXTREME NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. STALLED RECOVERED BUT STRUCK THE GROUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN85FA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FA189), Jul 15, 1985: Cessna 320F (N90HC), Rapid City, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N90HC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19811218084959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811218084959I), Dec 18, 1981: Cessna 320F (N90HC), Waco, TX, Minor damage. Unable to get safe gear down. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Main tube drive assembly, bent and cracked.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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