# Accident 20040117001479A: Cessna 310R, Port Huron, MI, January 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2004, 12:30 local time
- Place: Port Huron, MI
- Airport: St Clair County International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9111° N, 82.5289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9111&lon=-82.5289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6102X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6102X-2013-12-10) (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 IO520MB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,236 total, 848 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040117001479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 17, 2004, AIRCRAFT (A/C) N6102X DEPARTED ALBANY, NY (ALB) DIRECT TO PORT HURON, MI (PHN) AT APPROX. 1340Z ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. DR. HIGGINS (PIC) STATED THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING FROM FSS BEFORE DEPARTING, AND UPDATES FROM FLIGHT WATCH ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT. PIC RECEIVED AWOS REPORT FROM PHN WHICH INDICATED 800FT CEILING, 1 TO 1 1/2 MILE VISIBILITY, LIGHT SNOW, AND GAVE A BOWMAN METER READING OF 33/35/36 AT 1530Z FOR PHN. SELFRIGE ANG (MTC) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THE AWOS REPORT. PIC EXECUTED THE ILS 4 APPROACH AT PHN, AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCHDOWN EXPERIENCED LOSS OF TRACTION AND THE A/C STARTED TO SKID TO THE LEFT. PIC STATED THAT THE A/C LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT A SNOW PILE NEXT TO THE RUNWAY, SPINNING THE A/C AROUND. WHILE SPINNING, THE NOSE OF THE A/C CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SNOW BERM AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE A/C SLID APPROX. 100 FT AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 20 FT OFF THE RUNWAY FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. PIC CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FBO. WHEN AIRPORT PERSONNEL CAME OUT IN A VEHICLE TO ASSIST, THE VEHICLE I OBSERVED NIL BRAKING ACTION SLID INTO SNOW BANK. THERE WAS APPROX. 1 1/2 TO 2" OF WET HEAVY SNOW ON THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI04LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA058), Jan 17, 2004: Cessna 310R (N6102X), Port Huron, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of directional control as a result of reduced braking performance due to a snow-covered runway. Also causal was the pilot's decision to land with a quartering tailwind. The snowbank was a…

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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