# NTSB CHI85LA086: Cessna 310Q, N7513Q, Plato Center, IL, January 9, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 9, 1985, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Plato Center, IL
- Location: 42.0086° N, 88.4578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Olson Airport (LL53), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0086&lon=-88.4578&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12985
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12985/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA086

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7513Q-1988-06-22), registration cancelled 1988-06-22, S/N 310Q0013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 310Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (registry code 2074242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310Q0013
- Airframe hours: 3725
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850109001269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850109001269A), Jan 9, 1985: Cessna 310Q, Plato Center, IL, Substantial damage. Nose wheel collapsed on landing after striking snowbank on approach end of runway at dusk.

## Other investigations on N7513Q (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW74FPG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG61), May 23, 1974: Cessna 310Q (N7513Q), Little Rock, AR, substantial damage

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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