- Date
- June 22, 1990, 10:52 local (14:52 UTC)
- Place
- Moraine, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N522SCessna 310
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900622023559A
- Case key
- 14694
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate ground clearance during his approach to landing. Contributing factors were reduced visibility in fog and rain.
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 aircraft impacted a levee located off the approach end of the landing runway, sheared off the main landing gear and skidded to a stop about 2/3 down the runway. The pilot stated that he had the runway in sight, but the levee 'was obscured...blending into the airport background. My passenger at the last minute called for me to pull up...' But the aircraft impacted the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N522S
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35522
- Airframe hours
- 6,118
- Engine
- Continental O-470-M, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ignatius Sargent
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 1990 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- DCA · Washington, DC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- I73 · Moraine Airpart, runway 8, 3,500 × 65 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
- 76
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,500 total · 5,500 in this make and model · 13,500 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °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.