- Date
- December 1, 1982, 20:45 local (Dec 2, 1982, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Miles City, MT
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30RACessna 310R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821201066629A
- Case key
- 71705
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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
After executing a missed approach to rwy 22 the acft began accumulating rime ice. An approach was made to rwy 4. The acft had accumulated about 1/4 in ice, & during the flare the acft shuddered & stalled onto the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30RA
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R0079
- Airframe hours
- 2,966
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-M, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Philip O. Petrik
- Registered owner
- Philip O. Petrik
- Departed
- C · Sidney, MT
- Destination
- C · Miles City, MT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 17LS · Miles City Municipal, runway 4, 6,313 × 150 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,450 total · 510 in this make and model · 2,370 as pilot in command · 124 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °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.
Other investigations on N30RA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.