# NTSB ATL87DKG03: Cessna 310D, N6752T, Athens, GA, April 30, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 30, 1987, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place: Athens, GA
- Coordinates: 34.019191, -83.450012 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0192&lon=-83.4500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7240
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87DKG03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7240/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DKG03

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - crew/group briefing - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - instructions,written/verbal - not understood, dual student (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vref) - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - , dual student (contributing factor)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - improper, dual student (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, dual student (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6752T-2015-01-08), registration cancelled 2015-01-08, S/N 39052, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Registry model: [Cessna 310D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (registry code 2074212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 39052
- Airframe hours: 4344
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870430018959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870430018959A), Apr 30, 1987: Cessna 310D, Athens, GA, Substantial damage. The aircraft was damaged in a hard landing. The instructor made a late go around. Target approach speed too slow.

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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