# NTSB DEN83LA029: Cessna 310R, N30RA, Miles City, MT, December 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 1, 1982, 20:45 local (Dec 2, 1982, 03:45 UTC)
- Place: Miles City, MT
- Coordinates: 46.220504, -105.599021 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2205&lon=-105.5990&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71705
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71705/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA029

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - wing - ice (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30RA-2000-10-10), registration cancelled 2000-10-10, S/N 310R0079 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Registry model: [Cessna 310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (registry code 2074245) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310R0079
- Airframe hours: 2966
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821201066629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821201066629A), Dec 1, 1982: Cessna 310R, Miles City, MT, Substantial damage. Stall landed after VOR approach in freezing rain. Impact bent wing spars. Inadequate power and speed on final.

## Other investigations on N30RA (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 SEA00LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA091), May 25, 2000: Cessna 310R (N30RA), Wolf Point, MT, destroyed. Probable cause: In flight collision with birds.

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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