- Date
- December 2, 1982, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4326CCessna 340A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821202065829A
- Case key
- 69857
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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 pilot reported that while on final approach to land, full flaps were extended as the aircraft crossed over a hill immediately before the runway threshold. After full flaps were selected, the aircraft entered a high sink rate and landed hard on the end of the runway. No further problems were noted during the landing and roll-out. The pilot examined the aircraft and did not observe any damage. After the aircraft was flown back to houston, TX, a more complete inspection revealed that a wing spar assembly was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4326C
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A0075
- Airframe hours
- 1,421
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520K, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- United Provisions, Inc.
- Registered owner
- United Provisions, Inc.
- Departed
- HUB · Houston, TX
- Destination
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3R9 · Austin-Lakeway, runway 16, 3,200 × 70 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 536 total · 36 in this make and model · 203 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 147 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 17 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.