# Accident 19980315003389A: Cessna 310Q, Council Bluffs, IA, March 15, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1998, 20:00 local time
- Place: Council Bluffs, IA
- Airport: Council Bluffs Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2392° N, 95.8499° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2392&lon=-95.8499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1521T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1521T-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 528 total, 95 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980315003389A

## Narrative

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

(TTY) ACFT LANDED HARD AND OFF CENTER, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. (-23) NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY LANDED ON SNOWBANK OFF EDGE RUNWAY.  FOLDED NOSE GEAR ICING CONDITIONS EXISTED.                                   (.4)THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN A SNOW BANK ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRPLANE SLID SIDEWAYS COMING TO A STOP ON A EASTERLY HEADING.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE AIRPLANE'S LANDING LIGHTS DURING THE APPROACH, BUT HE REPORTED THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE ON HIGH INTENSITY AND THE VISIBILITY WAS GOOD.                                  (-23) PILOT STATED THAT A NORMAL APPROACH WAS MADE AND ON ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND EXAMINATION OF THE SCENE, AND PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER SUGGEST THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT APPROX. 30 FEET RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE. THIS PLACED THE RIGHT GEAR OFF THE HARD SURFACE AND THE NOSE GEAR ON TOP OF A SNOW BANK THAT HAD BEEN CREATED WHEN THE RUNWAY WAS CLEARED EARLIER. IT APPEARS THAT LANDING IN THE SNOW BANK CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. FROM INITIAL TOUCHDOWN TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WAS APPROX. 288 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 90 DEGREES TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY. TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CHI98LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA103), Mar 16, 1998: Cessna 310Q (N1521T), Council Bluffs, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment during the landing. The dark night was a factor.

## Other reports on N1521T (1)

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

- [Incident 19940114005399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940114005399I), Jan 14, 1994: Cessna 310Q (N1521T), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on jan 14, 1994, at 2230 local, a Cessna 310Q owned and piloted by mark r. mohler experienced an unsafe landing gear indication while on approach to…

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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