# Accident 20051207032879A: Cessna 310Q, Pierre, SD, December 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2005, 09:00 local time
- Place: Pierre, SD
- Airport: Pierre Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: A9MA
- Location: 44.3828° N, 100.2861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3828&lon=-100.2861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8403F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8403F-2007-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051207032879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON DEC 7, 2005 AT ABOUT 0900 CST AT PIERRE REGIONAL AIRPORT. AN AIRMAS AIRLINES, INC CE-310-Q, N8403F, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AS IT EXITED RUNWAY 31. THE RUNWAY WAS MOSTLY DRY BUT HAD ICY PATCHES ON THE EDGES. THE PILOT APPEARED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY AT A HIGH SPEED WHEN IT HIT AN ICY PATCH THEN SLID INTO AN AREA OF SNOW ABOUT A FOOT DEEP. THE NOSEWHEEL SHEARED OFF AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS CANTED INWARD. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE BENT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON THE CARGO FLIGHT.

## 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 CHI06CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA042), Dec 7, 2005: Cessna 310Q (N8403F), Pierre, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll due to the icy runway. Factors were the compacted snow and ice along the edges of the runway and at the taxiway…

## Other reports on N8403F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000825028409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000825028409I), Aug 25, 2000: Cessna 310Q (N8403F), Appleton, WI, Minor damage. (-23)Aircraft was landing runway 21 and during rollout the right main landing gear collapsed. Investigation revealed that the downlock over center link…

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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