- Date
- May 14, 1988, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Cumberland, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2220FCessna 310L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880514017639A
- Case key
- 11366
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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 plt was doing low passes down rwy 04 when according to the plt he struck a large bird after the second pass just when he was starting to climb about one-half mile from the rwy end. The plt said that the bird shattered the windscreen causing the plt facial injuries and the dislodging of his eyeglasses. The plt turned back to land on rwy 22; however, he mistakenly aligned the acft with rwy 19. He struck a tree short of the rwy and collided with the ground on a course almost perpendicular to the rwy. During the impact sequence both engines separated and damaged 2 parked acft and 3 parked cars. A witness said the acft struck a tree about one half mile from the airport before it turned back to the airport to land. The acft and a ground search did not disclose evidence of a bird strike. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2220F
- Reported as
- Cessna 310L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310L0020
- Airframe hours
- 3,392
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alvin C. Vorndran
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 11, 1987
- Airport
- 7G1 · Herron, runway 22, 2,050 × 20 ft
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,271 total · 285 in this make and model · 3,118 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.