# NTSB ATL85LA080: Cessna 310Q, N69938, Beaver, WV, January 18, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1985, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Beaver, WV
- Coordinates: 37.740791, -81.150428 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7408&lon=-81.1504&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): 6735
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6735/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA080

## 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

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in aircraft's ability, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69938](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69938), registered now, S/N 310Q1029, 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 I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310Q1029
- Airframe hours: 4150
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850118003569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850118003569A), Jan 18, 1985: Cessna 310Q, Beaver, WV, Substantial damage. Windshield iced over and pilot landed looking out side window. Ran into snowbank and gear collapsed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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