- Date
- January 9, 1985, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Plato Center, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7513QCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850109001269A
- Case key
- 12985
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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 acft experienced a nose gear collapse during landing. The plt stated that while on final apch the acft contacted a 3-4 ft high snowbank near the end of the rwy which resulted in the nose gear collapse. He continued to state the snowbank was difficult to see because of the overcast and dusk light condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7513Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0013
- Airframe hours
- 3,725
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Seelig Pearlstein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1984
- Departed
- PWK · Wheeling, IL
- Airport
- LL53 · Olson, runway 6, 2,000 × 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,400 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 6,295 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7513Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.