- Date
- January 6, 1985, 14:58 local (20:58 UTC)
- Place
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5301ACessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850106000239A
- Case key
- 21654
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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.
Loss of engine power
Engine assembly - failure,totalFactor
Engine assembly - undeterminedFactor
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
Plt rptd loss of pwr on left eng during flare; directional control was lost & acft went off side of the rwy. Left gear collapsed and acft rcvd substantial damage. Engines were run after acct. Reason for rptd loss of pwr undet. Acfts radio inop. Plts seat back broken.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5301A
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35501
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- Continental O-470-M, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas E. Craig
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1984
- Departed
- 07R · Bishop, TX
- Airport
- CRP · Corpus Christi Intl, runway 13, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 354 total · 25 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.