# Accident 20020403018369A: Cessna T310R, Mount Holly, NJ, April 3, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mount Holly, NJ
- Airport: South Jersey Reg Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9428° N, 74.8456° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9428&lon=-74.8456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5079J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5079J-2002-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD02LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020403018369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED ON FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT AT 7MY (SOUTHERN JERSEY REGIONAL) RUNWAY 26, AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND BOTH ENGINE PROPELLERS HIT THE RUNWAY. PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT. ON SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. ENGINE NUMBER ONE AGAIN HAD A PROPELLER STRIKE. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AT LEAST TWO TIMES BEFORE COMING TO REST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 26. NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF, BOTH MAINS COLLAPSED. GUSTY CROSSWINDS AT TIME OF LANDINGS. PHL WEATHER 1600 LOCAL, 320 AT 18, GUST 34.

## 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 IAD02LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA040), Apr 3, 2002: Cessna T310R (N5079J), Mount Holly, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance, his subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing, and the failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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