# NTSB BFO90LA006: Cessna T310Q, N1729H, Stevensville, MD, October 8, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 8, 1989, 14:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Stevensville, MD
- Location: 38.9765° N, 76.3300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAY BRIDGE (W29), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9765&lon=-76.3300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11565
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO90LA006
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11565/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90LA006

## Probable cause

THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - sign

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1729H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1729H-2002-09-10), registration cancelled 2002-09-10, S/N 310Q0798, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310Q
- Registry model: [Cessna T310Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (registry code 2074244) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310-0798
- Airframe hours: 2188
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19891008065569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891008065569A), Oct 8, 1989: Cessna T310Q, Stevensville, MD, Substantial damage. Veered off runway landing struck VASI sign. No mechanical.

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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