ATL85LA080

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 310Q · Beaver, WV · January 18, 1985

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
January 18, 1985, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
Place
Beaver, WV
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N69938Cessna 310Q
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19850118003569A
Case key
6735

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Analysis

The acft collided with a snow bank during landing ground run on an icy rwy. Plts vision obstructed by ice on windshield. Icing was encountered about 10 mins prior to landing. SIGMET and plt reports indicated the presence of icing. The plt had filed an IFR flt plan. The flt had departed beckley for tri-city arpt about 1030 on the day of the accident.

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.

Loss of control - on ground/waterLanding - roll
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icyFactor
Planning/decision - poorPilot in commandCause
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - intentionalPilot in commandCause
Overconfidence in aircraft's abilityPilot in commandCause
Procedures/directives - disregardedPilot in commandCause
Judgment - poorPilot in commandCause
On ground/water collision with objectLanding - roll

Aircraft

Registration
N69938
Reported as
Cessna 310Q
Category
Airplane
Serial number
310Q1029
Airframe hours
4,150
Engine
Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Part 135
Registered owner
Raleigh County Flight Ser.,Inc
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
100 hour · January 11, 1985 · 13 hours before
Departed
TRI · Blountville, TN
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
BKW · Raleigh-Co Memorial, runway 19, 6,750 × 150 ft, asphalt

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
26
Certificates
Airline transport, Commercial
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
2,820 total · 620 in this make and model · 2,575 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
230° at 12 knots
Visibility
7 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
1,300 ft overcast
Temperature
28 °F, dew point 23 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
BKW

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.