- Date
- October 9, 1984, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Los Fresnos, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1794HCessna 310C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841009076629A
- Case key
- 21606
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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.
Overrun
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Go-around - not performedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The plt stated that he landed on rwy 32 after noting vertical rising smoke about 1/2 mi north of the airstrip. He stated that during landing he encountered a 20 to 25 kt tailwind from a small local squall line & was unable to stop the acft. The acft continued off the end of the rwy, crossed a ditch, a road and rolled into another ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1794H
- Reported as
- Cessna 310C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35894
- Airframe hours
- 2,549
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ag-Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 21, 1984 · 66 hours before
- Airport
- Ag-Air, Imc, runway 32, 3,000 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.