# Accident 20010207009959A: Cessna 310Q, Mitchell, SD, February 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2001, 15:12 local time
- Place: Mitchell, SD
- Airport: Mitchell Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 43.7309° N, 98.0295° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7309&lon=-98.0295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10ET, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10ET) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010207009959A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON FEBRUARY 7, 2001, AT 1512 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 310Q, N10ET, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING ROLL WHEN THE AIRPLANE SLID OFF RUNWAY 12 (6,700 FEET BY 100 FEET, ICE-COVERED/ASPHALT) AT THE MITCHELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS ON AN ACTIVE INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FROM THE JOE FOSS FIELD AIRPORT, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, AT 1406. (-23) ON FEBRUARY 7, 2001, AT 1455 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A CESSNA 310-Q, N10ET, OPERATED BY A MULTIENGINE AND INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 12 AT MITCHELL, SD (MHE). THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS HAD STOPPED AT THE SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT (FSD) AFTER THE PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM HUNTINGTON MUNI, INDIANA (HHG). AT FSD, THE PILOT OBTAINED A STANDARD PILOT WEATHER BRIEFING FROM THE HURON AFSS AND FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM FSD TO RAPID CITY, SD                                 (RAP). WHILE ENROUTE FROM FSD AT 6,000 FT MSL, AIRPLANE ICING WAS ENCOUNTERED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO VACATE THE ICING SITUATION, A CLIMB TO HIGHER ALTITUDE WAS REQUESTED. WHILE UNABLE TO CLIMB ABOVE 8,300 MSL, DEPART THE ICING CONDITIONS, AND MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED, THE PILOT REQUESTED A NEARBY AIRPORT WITH A LONG RUNWAY FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (MPZ ARTCC). CLEARANCE TO MHE WAS OBTAINED AND N10ET WAS CLEARED FOR AN APPROACH AT 2043UTC (CDT+6). DURING THE VOR APPROACH TO RWY 12 AT MHE, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE RUNWAY DUE TO ICE ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT THEN ENTERED A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RE-ALIGN FINAL. THE AIRPLANE WAS TO THE (END OF NARRATIVE).

## 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 CHI01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA086), Feb 7, 2001: Cessna 310Q (N10ET), Mitchell, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot disregarded the aircraft limitation placard, and attempted flight into known adverse weather after receiving a hazardous weather advisory. Factors to the accident were the ice-covered…

## Other reports on N10ET (1)

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

- [Incident 19880416018559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880416018559I), Apr 16, 1988: Cessna 310Q (N10ET), Cartersville, GA, Minor damage. Unable to lock gear down. Right gear folded on rollout. Cause is undetermined.

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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