# NTSB CHI85LA063: Cessna 310R, N98995, Eden Prairie, MN, November 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 30, 1984, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Coordinates: 44.860736, -93.43045 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8607&lon=-93.4304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12967
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12967/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA063

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - anti-ice/deice system - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - blocked(partial) (cause)
  - proper descent rate - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - premature, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT HAD PICKED UP ICE DURING THE DESCENT. HE CONTINUED TO STATE THAT HE BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS AT 1600 FT AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS COVERED WITH ICE. HE WAS ABLE TO CLEAR A SMALL AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD WITH THE ALCOHOL DEICE. HE STATED HE COULD SEE THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED THE APPROACH. THE PLT REDUCED THE PWR AND STARTED THE FLARE BUT WAS STILL 5 TO 8 FT ABOVE THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N98995 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310R0682
- Airframe hours: 2043
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-M 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Avian Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LSE, LA CROSSE, WI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: FCM, Flying Cloud, runway 36, 2,700 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 17,230 total, 202 in this make and model, 17,120 as pilot in command, 108 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 800 ft overcast
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FCM

## 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 19841130064369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841130064369A), Nov 30, 1984: Cessna 310R, Eden Prairie, MN, Substantial damage. Windshield iced over. Failed to flare from a high sink rate on landing. Impact damaged a wing and a propeller.

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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