- Date
- November 8, 1983, 17:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Amarillo, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N218JWCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831108057419A
- Case key
- 21204
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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 plt was starting a flt to reposition the acft from the tradewind arpt to the Amarillo intl arpt. He reported that he had started to takeoff on rwy 17, then aborted to avoid a Cessna 182. He reported the Cessna 182 plt was crossing rwy 17, on his way to rwy 23. The plt of N218JW stated that when he retarded the throttle to abort, he also veered to the right. At that time, the right main gear & nosewheel went off the asphalt & into an area of grass. When he tried to steer back onto the paved surface, the nose gear collapsed. An exam of the area showed that the pavement in that area was about 4 to 5 inches higher than the dirt where the grass was growing. The plt stated that from the cockpit, the drop-off was not apparent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N218JW
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q-1023
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Ray Oppel
- Registered owner
- James L. Whyte
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1983
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TDW · Tradewinds, runway 17, 5,100 × 55 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 19,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 18,500 as pilot in command · 284 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.