# NTSB DEN85LA095: Cessna 310, N5515G, Angel Fire, NM, March 14, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 14, 1985, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Angel Fire, NM
- Coordinates: 36.390583, -105.269393 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3906&lon=-105.2694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16650
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16650/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA095

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5515G-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N 310M0015, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310e) (registry code 2074214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310M0015
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850314006879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850314006879A), Mar 14, 1985: Cessna 310E, Angel Fire, NM, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed on closed portion of runway. Soft surface caused nose gear collapse. Displaced threshold marked.

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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