# Accident 20020711021489A: Cessna 310R, Jackson, MI, July 11, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2002, 10:01 local time
- Place: Jackson, MI
- Airport: Jackson County-Reynolds Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2597° N, 84.4594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2597&lon=-84.4594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5061J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5061J-2004-08-11) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020711021489A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JULY 11, 2002, AT 1002 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310R, N5061J, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 6 (5,344 FEET BY 150 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT) AT THE JACKSON COUNTY AIRPORT (JXN), JACKSON, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 WITH AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS REPORTED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE MARTIN STATE AIRPORT (MTN), BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AT 0730 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE AIRPLANE WAS FUELED WITH 163 GALLONS OF FUEL PRIOR TO THE DEPARTURE FROM MTN AND THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS. THE PILOT REPORTED THE CRUISE PORTION OF THE FLIGHT WAS FLOWN AT 8,000 FEET AND THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UP TO THE LANDING ATTEMPT. THE PILOT STATED, "... AS WE WERE OVER THE RUNWAY NUMBERS WE STARTED TO FLARE AT 75 FEET - SLOWING AIRPLANE DOWN TO 90 KNOTS - WE CARRIED 15 INCHES  OF POWER." THE PILOT REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO, "... VEER TO THE RIGH  T, WE TRIED TO GET THE AIRPLANE BACK TO CENTERLINE AND THE AIRPLANE CONT INUED RIGHT." THE PILOT STATED THAT ADDING MORE POWER DID NOT BRING THE AI RPLANE OUT OF THE RIGHT TURN. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS, "... VERY LOW AND INTO A TURN (RIGHT)." THE PILOT STATED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT THE RIGHT WING TIP IMPACTED THE TERRAIN AND THE AIRPLANE "CARTWHEELED."    (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN UNDER AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM MTN AIRPORT TO JXN. THE FLIGHT PLAN WAS CANCELLED DURING APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. ON SHORT FINAL, (OVER THE RUNWAY) THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT AND CALLED THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PILOT. THE PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT BUT COULD NOT, INITIATED A GO-AROUND BY RETRACTING THE FLAPS AND ADDING TAKEOFF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE SO THE PILOT REDUCED POWER, AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, RIGHT WING FIRST, PINWHEELED, STRUCK THE NOSE AND LEFT WING/ENGINE AND CAME TO REST 180 DEGREES FROM THE PATH OF THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT NEVER BECAME INVERTED. THE PILOT TURNED OFF POWER, MAGNETOS, AND FUEL THEN ALL 3 PASSENGERS PLUS THE PILOT CLIMBED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT

## 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 CHI02LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA188), Jul 11, 2002: Cessna 310R (N5061J), Jackson, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper management of the fuel system, including his failure to reposition the fuel selectors to the main fuel tanks prior to landing, as directed in the pilot operating handbook.…

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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