- Date
- September 9, 1982, 10:13 local (16:13 UTC)
- Place
- Sterling, CO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N310CTCessna 31
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820909068909A
- Case key
- 72725
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Analysis
Pilot came in high and made a hard, bouncing landing after which control was regained and the aircraft was taxied to ramp. Examination revealed extensive damage to the nose, wings, and fuselage.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N310CT
- Reported as
- Cessna 31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31000433
- Airframe hours
- 2,824
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Ron Gillen
- Registered owner
- Ron Gillen
- Departed
- C · Garden City, KS
- Destination
- C · Sterling, CO
- Airport
- STK · Crosson Field, runway 15, 4,400 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,080 total · 289 in this make and model · 186 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °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 N310CT · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.