# NTSB FTW84LA017: Cessna 310B, N5560V, Santa Fe, NM, October 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 12, 1983, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Coordinates: 35.74047, -105.860916 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7405&lon=-105.8609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21179
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21179/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA017

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, dual student (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE PRACTICING LANDINGS, THE LEFT ENG POWER WAS REDUCED TO SIMULATE AN ENG FAILURE WHILE THE ACFT WAS ON DOWNWIND. THE STUDENT RETRACTED THE GEAR & CONTINUED THE APCH, BUT FORGOT TO REEXTEND THE GEAR. THE INSTRUCTOR ALSO FORGOT & THE ACFT WAS LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5560V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5560V-2011-07-20), registration cancelled 2011-07-20, S/N 35674, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Registry model: [Cessna 310B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (registry code 2074208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35674
- Airframe hours: 2127
- Engines: LYCOMING O-470-M 240 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dennis Mcmillan
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: 310B, Santa Fe County, runway 15, 6,304 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 2,112 total, 400 in this make and model, 1,941 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SAF

## 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 19831012055489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831012055489A), Oct 12, 1983: Cessna 310B, Santa Fe, NM, Substantial damage. Gear up landing was made during multiengine training flight.

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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