- Date
- December 4, 1984, 12:57 local (18:57 UTC)
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4864ACessna T310R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841204067269A
- Case key
- 21638
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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
According to the plt icing conditions were encountered during the asr apch. Deicing equipment was utilized several times during the apch and worked normally. The acft broke out at 400 ft AGL. Ice accumulation on the wings resulted in an excessive rate of descent causing a hard landing and loss of directional control on the ground. The acft collided out of control into a concrete wall. According to the pilot he was flying the acft from the right seat. The right side of the windshield is not deiced. Therefore, the forward visibility of the plt was impaired by an accumulation of ice. The left seat was occupied by a rated private pilot reported to be a passenger.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4864A
- Reported as
- Cessna T310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R1502
- Airframe hours
- 1,719
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hicks & Ragland Eng. Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1983
- Departed
- MDD · Midland, TX
- Destination
- LBB · Lubbock, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LBB · International, runway 35, 11,500 × 150 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,187 total · 801 in this make and model · 3,143 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 15 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.