# Accident 20000218041429A: Cessna 310R, Sandusky, OH, February 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2000, 18:10 local time
- Place: Sandusky, OH
- Airport: Griffing Sandusky Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BUHA
- Location: 41.4333° N, 82.6522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4333&lon=-82.6522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87341, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87341) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000218041429A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON FEBRUARY 18, 2000, ABOUT 1810 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 310R, N87341, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE SANDUSKY AIRPORT, SANDUSKY, OHIO. THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED FOR THE POSITIONING FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED PONTIAC, MICHIGAN. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO A NTSB FORM 6120.1/2 FILED BY THE OPERATOR, THE PILOT EXECUTED AN IFR APPROACH AT SANDUSKY. THE PILOT DID NOT CHECK LOCAL WINDS, BUT WAS ADVISED BY SNOW REMOVAL PERSONNEL THAT RUNWAY 27 WAS BEING PLOWED. WITH A TAIL WIND, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SNOW COVERED 3,559 FOOT RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO AN OHIO STATE POLICE OFFICER, THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS. IN ADDITION, THE OPERATOR'S CHIEF PILOT STATED TO THE OFFICER THAT THE RUNWAY WAS PLOWED BUT HAD NOT BEEN TREATED WITH EITHER SALT OR SAND. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE EXECUTED AN IFR APPROACH. ONCE IN VMC, HE HAD "GOOD VISIBLITY," BUT THE AIRPLANE WAS TOO HIGH TO COMPLETE THE APPROACH SO HE CIRCLED TO THE SOUTH TO LOSE ALTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END. UNABLE TO STOP, IT DEPARTED THE FAR END OF THE RUNWAY, AND IMPACTED A SNOW BANK. THE PILOT ADDED THAT THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN RECENTLY PLOWED, BUT AN INCREASE IN WIND HAD BLOWN SOME OF THE SNOW BACK, WHICH THEN MELTED. WHILE AIRBORNE, THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT 85 PERCENT OF THE RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH ICE, BUT THOUGHT HE COULD STOP THE AIRPLANE BEFORE REACHING THE END. IN ADDITION, THE PILOT HAD NEVER LANDED AT SANDUSKY BEFORE. (-23) ON FEBRUARY 18, 2000, AT 1810 A CESSNA 310, N87341, FAILED TO COME TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 27 AT SANDUSKY GRIFFING AIRPORT AFTER EXECUTING THE VOR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PONTIAC, MI AND WAS OPERATED UNDER CFR 14, PART 91 AND WAS SCHEDULED TO PICK UP AUTOMOBILE PARTS AT SANDUSKY. VMC WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THIS INCIDENT REPORT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT.

## 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 NYC00LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA083), Feb 18, 2000: Cessna 310R (N87341), Sandusky, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land on a runway that was covered with ice and snow, without obtaining current wind information. Factors were the 20-knot tailwind and the snow-covered runway.

## Other reports on N87341 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870206005719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870206005719I), Feb 6, 1987: Cessna 310R (N87341), Pittstown, NJ, Minor damage. Caught a snowbank on rollout causing damage to propeller and 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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