- Date
- February 28, 1988, 14:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mekoryuk, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7745QCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880228003839A
- Case key
- 4988
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the touchdown the aircraft struck a snowbank on the approach end of the runway. The aircraft exited the right side of the runway approximately 500 feet from the approach end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7745Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q245
- Airframe hours
- 4,176
- Engine
- Continental I0-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Lennart B. Wikstrom
- Registered owner
- Lennart B Wikstron
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1987 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- UNK · Unalakleet, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MYU · Mekoryuk, runway 5, 3,000 × 75 ft, snow
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 724 total · 156 in this make and model · 556 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7745Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.