- Date
- March 14, 1985, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Angel Fire, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5515GCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850314006879A
- Case key
- 16650
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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
The acft touched down 1500 ft short of the rwy and the nose gear collapsed. The taxiways were rough and soft yellow chevrons were painted on the taxiways, at the apch end of the rwy. The plt stated that he was concentrating on the apch and did not see the chevrons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5515G
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310M0015
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Ryder Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Angel Fire, NM
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- NM · Angel Fire, runway 17, 8,800 × 75 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 23 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.