# NTSB CHI90LA158: Cessna 310, N522S, Moraine, OH, June 22, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 22, 1990, 10:52 local (14:52 UTC)
- Place: Moraine, OH
- Coordinates: 39.69934, -84.220352 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6993&lon=-84.2204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14694
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14694/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA158

## 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

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
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - berm
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522S-1992-08-19), registration cancelled 1992-08-19, S/N 35522 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35522
- Airframe hours: 6118
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 76; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900622023559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900622023559A), Jun 22, 1990: Cessna 310, Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. During visual approach to airpark in rain and fog, landing gear hit levee,sheared off. Landed on runway minus gear.

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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