# Accident 20050103000699A: Cessna 310J, Davenport, WA, January 3, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2005, 12:45 local time
- Place: Davenport, WA
- Airport: Davenport Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6096° N, 122.2993° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6096&lon=-122.2993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310RA-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310J (registry code 2074226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,830 total, 471 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050103000699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 3, 2005 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N310RA, A 1965 CESSNA 310-J AIRCRAFT. ONE PASSENGER ACCOMPANIED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ ON THIS FLIGHT FROM AUBURN, WASHINGTON TO DAVENPORT, WASHINGTON. THIS PARTICULAR FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, HE OBTAINED A VFR ON TOP CLEARANCE UNTIL HE HAD TO OBTAIN AN IFR CLEARANCE TO DESCEND BELOW 7,500 MSL INTO IMC CONDITIONS. HE THEN STATED HE WAS THEN CLEARED DIRECT TO THE GEG VOR AND EXPECT THE ILS RWY 3 APPROACH INTO SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. DURING HIS DESCENT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED "LIGHT MIXED ICING" UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT REACHED 4,000 FEET MSL. IN ADDITION, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ STATED THE AIRCRAFT'S DEICING SYSTEMS WERE OPERATIONAL (BOOT, PROPS, & HOT WINDSHIELD). AFTER DESCENDING TO VMC CONDITIONS HE CANCELLED HIS IFR CLEARANCE AND PROCEEDED TO THE DAVENPORT, WA AIRPORT (S68) VFR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ ALSO NOTED THAT HE ACTIVATED THE DEICE SYSTEMS ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE DAVENPORT AIRPORT'S TRAFFIC PATTER. THE CESSNA 310 AIRCRAFT STALLED UPON LANDING RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AI    RCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO INCLUDE TWO BENT PROPS, AND A BENT LEFT WING INBOARD OF THE ENGINE NACELLE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. NOTHING FOLLOWS.

## 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 SEA05CA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA035), Jan 3, 2005: Cessna 310J (N310RA), Davenport, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing with airframe ice, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and hard landing. Factors were the icing conditions and the airframe ice.

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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