# Accident 19960418011919A: Cessna 310D, Palmetto, GA, April 18, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1996, 15:30 local time
- Place: Palmetto, GA
- Airport: South Fulton Sky Port Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5197° N, 84.6609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5197&lon=-84.6609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100VG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100VG-2014-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Reported engine: CONT IO470D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,040 total, 520 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960418011919A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON APRIL 18, 1996, ABOUT 1530 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310D, REGISTERED TO 3SY AVN, INC., LANDED HARD AT THE SOUTH FULTON AIRPORT, PALMETTO, GEORGIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 1505 FROM THE CLAYTON COUNTY-TARA FIELD AIRPORT, HAMPTON, GEORGIA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DIVERTED DUE TO A PARTIALLY OPEN CABIN DOOR.  HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND WHILE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO THE 2,690-FOOT RUNWAY WITH A 600-FOOT DISPLACED THRESHOLD, A HIGH SINK RATE DEVELOPED.  HE ADDED PARTIAL POWER BUT THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD COLLAPSING THE MAIN LANDING GEARS. (.4) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DIVERTED DUE TO A PARTIALLY OPEN CABIN DOOR.  HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND WHILE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO THE 2,690-FOOT RUNWAY WITH A 600-FOOT DISPLACED THRESHOLD, A HIGH SINK RATE DEVELOPED.  HE APPLIED NOSE-UP ELEVATOR INPUT THREE TIMES BUT ONLY APPLIED POWER DURING THE THIRD ELEVATOR INPUT.  THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAUSIN G GEAR CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRPLANE THEN BOUNCED TWICE, VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND CONTACTED A CLOSED TAXIWAY THAT WAS RAISED 4-6 INCHES CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEARS TO COLLAPSE.

## 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 MIA96LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA121), Apr 18, 1996: Cessna 310D (N100VG), Palmetto, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain the proper descent rate resulting in a hard landing and collapse of the right main landing gear.

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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