# Accident 19970806021429A: Cessna 310K, Bainbridge, GA, August 6, 1997 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 6, 1997, 14:15 local time - Place: Bainbridge, GA - Airport: Decatur County Industrial Airp - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 30.9706° N, 84.6538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9706&lon=-84.6538&mi=10 - Aircraft: N124SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124SP-2015-05-18) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K - Reported engine: CONT IO470L - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 773 total, 323 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA112) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970806021429A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. DURING SLOW APPROACH. FLARED TOO HIGH IN TURBULENCE AND STALLED. BLEW TIRE BENT PROP AND STRUCTURE. (.19) ON AUGUST 6, 1997, ABOUT 1415 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310K, N124SP, LANDED HARD AT THE DECATUR COUNTY INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK (BGE), BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA. THE FERRY FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, AT 1400. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT, ON AUGUST 6, 1997, HE OBTAINED A FERRY PERMIT FROM THE ORLANDO FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE, FOR A FLIGHT FROM TALLAHASSEE TO BAINBRIDGE. THE PERMIT HAD A RESTRICTION TO FLY WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED. THE PILOT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED LIGHT TURBULENCE AROUND THE BAINBRIDGE AREA. HE STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS LANDING GEAR AND ENTERED A DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 27 TO SET UP FOR A SLOW APPROACH FOR A SOFT LANDING. HE ENCOUNTERED LIGHT TURBULENCE ON FINAL, SUBSEQUENTLY LANDING HARD ON THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT TIRE BLEW AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER IMPACTED THE GROUND. HE TAXIED OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES. HE THEN OBSERVED THE RIGHT PROPELLER DAMAGE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS TOWED TO THE TIE DOWN AREA. THE NEXT MORNING, THE AIRPLANE WAS INSPECTED FOR FURTHER DAMAGE. ACCORDING TO THE FAA, THE WINGS WERE RIPPLED, THE FUSELAGE WAS BENT, THE RIGHT TIRE WAS BLOWN, AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. (.4) AFTER RECEIVING A FERRY PERMIT WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE LANDING GEAR REMAIN EXTENDED, THE PILOT TOOK OFF FOR A SHORT FLIGHT. ENROUTE HE ENCOUNTERED SOME TURBULENCE, AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED HE DECIDED TO MAKE A SOFT LANDING AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. AS HE WAS OVER THE RUNWAY, HE PULLED BACK THE POWER, AND THE AIRPLANE SUNK TO THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE. AFTER THE HARD LANDING, THE RIGHT TIRE BLEW, AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. (-23) ON AUGUST 6, 1997, AT 1400 LOCAL, A CESSNA 310, N124SP, DEPARTED TALLAHASSEE, FL ON A FERRY FLIGHT TO BAINBRIDGE, GA. THE PILOT, MR. P.M. GODWIN MADE A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 27. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. TH E RIGHT TIRE BLEW AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE WINGS WERE RIPPLED AND FUSELAGE BENT. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. ## 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 ATL97LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA112), Aug 6, 1997: Cessna 310K (N124SP), Bainbridge, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly perform the soft landing procedure, leading to a hard landing. ## Other reports on N124SP (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19940228006409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940228006409I), Feb 28, 1994: Cessna 310K (N124SP), Tallahassee, FL, Minor damage. Left engine malfunction. On precautionary landing pilot forgot to lower gear. Landed gear up. 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. 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