# NTSB ATL83LA288: Cessna 310Q, N69979, Fredricksburg, VA, July 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 24, 1983, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Fredricksburg, VA
- Coordinates: 38.290367, -77.479515 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2904&lon=-77.4795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA288
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6136/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA288

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - emergency procedure - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - propeller feathering - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed(vyse) - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - uncontrolled, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED AND BURNED DURING A GO-AROUND AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RWY AT ABOUT THE 1500 FT POINT ON A 3000 FT RWY. THE RIGHT PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED. THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A SINGLE ENGINE PRACTICE LANDING AND BELIEVED HE COULD NOT STOP ON THE RWY SO HE TRIED A SINGLE ENGINE GO-AROUND. THE ACFT CLIMBED TO ABOUT 100 FT AGL BEFORE SETTLING TO THE GROUND WHERE IT CAUGHT FIRE ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO THE RIGHT OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FLT TRAINING HANDBOOK STATES THAT SIMULATED ENGINE OUT PRACTICE AT LOW ALT. SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY REDUCING POWER TO ZERO THRUST. THE OPERATORS HANDBOOK STATES THAT IF A SINGLE ENG. GO-AROUND IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IT SHOULD BE DONE AT AIRSPEEDS OF 105 OR MORE, ENG. RPM AT 2625 AND FULL THROTTLE. THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR SHOULD BE RETRACTED. THE HANDBOOK ALSO STATES THAT A NORMAL LANDING WITH 35 DEGREES OF FLAPS ON HARD SURFACE WITH NO WIND AND MAX BRAKING WILL HAVE A GROUND ROLL OF 582 FT AT 5300# GROSS WEIGHT AT 103 MPH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69979](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69979-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 310Q1052, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 310Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (registry code 2074242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1052
- Airframe hours: 2800
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-VO 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Amos J. Willis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, June 1, 1983, 50 hours before
- Airport: Shannon, runway 24, 3,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 650 total, 85 in this make and model, 650 as pilot in command, 58 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Observed at: W07

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830724034719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830724034719A), Jul 24, 1983: Cessna 310Q, Fredericksburg, VA, Destroyed. Landed too long with one engine feathered for practice. Tried to go around. Crashed off end of runway. Plane burned.

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.

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