# Accident 20051115032259A: Cessna T310R, Fergus Falls, MN, November 15, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2005, 15:45 local time
- Place: Fergus Falls, MN
- Airport: Fergus Falls Municipal-Einar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A9MA
- Location: 46.2844° N, 96.1567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2844&lon=-96.1567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5094C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5094C-2018-05-30) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051115032259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WAS ENROUTE FROM FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA (FAR) TO FERGUS FALLS, MN (FFM) IN N5094C A CESSNA CE-310R. ON THE FLIGHT THE PILOT REPORTED THE CLOUDS FROM 2,800 MSL TO 7,000 MSL AND HIS FLIGHT AT 5,000 MSL WAS BRINGING HIM IN AND OUT OF ICING CONDITIONS. THE WINDS ALOFT FORECAST SHOWED THE TEMPERATURES AROUND -12 DEGREES CELSIUS. ATC ADVISED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ THAT HE WAS CLEARED TO 3,000 FEET AND WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS 31 APPROACH AT FFM. ON THE APPROACH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ COLLECTED ICE ON THE WINGS AND TAIL. HE USED THE DEICE BOOTS TO BRAKE THE ICE OFF THE WINGS. ONCE AT THE LOM THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND CANCELLED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ NOTICED ICE ON THE WINGS AND TAIL HE PROCEEDED ON THE APPROACH USING 0 FLAPS AND ABOUT 120 KNOTS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS HOLDING A FASTER APPROACH SPEED DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AT 27 GUSTING TO 37 OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. WHEN THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ ARRIVED OVER THE RUNWAY HE BROUGHT THE POWER BACK AND THE AIRPLANE CAME DOWN TO THE RUNWAY HARD COLLAPSING RIGHT GEAR AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 31 PIVOTING ON THE RIGHT WING. THE WING AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SUSTAINED SUBSTANITAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI06LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA036), Nov 15, 2005: Cessna T310R (N5094C), Fergus Falls, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The presence of wing ice during landing. Contributing factors were the icing conditions and flight into known adverse weather by the pilot.

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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