- Date
- October 8, 1989, 14:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Stevensville, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1729HCessna T310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891008065569A
- Case key
- 11565
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll.
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/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - sign
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1729H
- Reported as
- Cessna T310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310-0798
- Airframe hours
- 2,188
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ralph F. Earl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1988 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 40N · Coatsville, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- W29 · Bay Bridge Industrial, runway 28, 2,900 × 50 ft, asphalt
N1729HRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2002 · Cessna T310QAirframe modelCessna T310QEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,466 total · 212 in this make and model · 2,916 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.