- Date
- April 30, 1987, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6752TCessna 310D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870430018959A
- Case key
- 7240
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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 acft was reportedly stalled about 30 ft above the rwy and a hard ldg was made. The multi-eng rated plt was practicing short-field ldgs under the instruction of a CFI in preparation for obtaining commercial certificate. The acft wings and fuselage sustained structural damage. The plt reported that the CFI urged him to go slower than he felt was prudent and he reluctantly complied. He indicated that he was flying the acft based on airspeed indications in mph. The CFI reported that he told the plt to slow the acft to 76 KTS and that he believed the plt reduced the speed to 76 mph. The airspeed indicator reportedly indicated in both KTS and mph. The CFI reportedly had 37 hrs total flt time in this make & model. An FAA inspector reported that the acft stall warning system was inoperative and that the plt, who was also the acft owner, was aware of it. Neither the CFI nor plt reported the accident; the FAA later learned of the accident from a 3rd party.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6752T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 39052
- Airframe hours
- 4,344
- Engine
- Continental I0-470 D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Shields
- Registered owner
- Robert Shields
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1986 · 400 hours before
- Airport
- AHN · Athens Municipal, runway 9, 4,989 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,159 total · 83 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- AHN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.