# NTSB FTW82DA100: Cessna 310B, N5417A, West Memphis, AR, March 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 22, 1982, 09:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place: West Memphis, AR
- Coordinates: 35.140434, -90.180679 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1404&lon=-90.1807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73005/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA100

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - remedial action - improper, dual student (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING A DUAL INSTRUCTION ENGINE OUT IN A TWO ENGINE AIRCRAFT A GO AROUND WAS ATTEMPTED BY THE STUDENT PILOT BECAUSE OF CONFLICTING TRAFFIC IN THE PATTERN. THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A HIGH SINK RATE AND THE CFI LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WHEELS UP. THE STUDENT RAISED THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5417A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5417A-1983-04-13), registration cancelled 1983-04-13, S/N 35617 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Registry model: [Cessna 310B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (registry code 2074208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35617
- Airframe hours: 5568
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-M 240 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Phillip R. Haley III
- Registered owner: Jimmy Wilbanks
- Departed: TN43, MEMPHIS, TN
- Destination: INT, WINSTON-SALEM, NC
- Airport: AWM, West Memphis Municipal, runway 35, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 9,105 total, 415 in this make and model, 3,199 as pilot in command, 165 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 118 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 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 19820322004799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820322004799A), Mar 22, 1982: Cessna 310B, West Memphis, AR, Substantial damage. Multi engine student pilot retracted gear during go around and aircraft hit ground gear up.

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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