- Date
- June 29, 1982, 23:10 local (Jun 30, 1982, 03:10 UTC)
- Place
- Bluffton, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6997LCessna 310K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820629025959A
- Case key
- 69989
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 pilot stated the right gear started to skid during landing. The aircraft slid off the runway into a ditch and the right main landing gear collapsed. No preimpact malfunction or failure of the gear assembly was determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6997L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310-0097
- Airframe hours
- 4,073
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-V, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerial Cartographics America
- Registered owner
- Aerial Cartographics America
- Departed
- Columbus, OH
- Destination
- Bluffton, OH
- Airport
- 5G7 · Bluffton, runway 23, 4,130 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,753 total · 240 in this make and model · 2,225 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.