# NTSB LAX87LA166: Cessna 310, N223H, Agua Dulce, CA, March 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1987, 14:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place: Agua Dulce, CA
- Coordinates: 34.429576, -118.510841 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4296&lon=-118.5108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25556
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA166
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25556/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA166

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - improper transition/upgrade training, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE NON-MULTIENGINE RATED PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND HIS MULTIENGINE AIRPLANE ON A 4600 FOOT RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND SLID OFF THE DEPARTURE END. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N223H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N223H), registered now, S/N 35385, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35385
- Airframe hours: 3067
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470B 240 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Theodore C. August
- Registered owner: Manavaz Keshishi
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 30, 1984, 47 hours before
- Departed: VNY, VAN NUYS, CA
- Airport: L70, Agua Dulce Airpark, runway 22, 4,600 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,245 total, 45 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 25 knots
- Visibility: 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PMD, 14 nm away

## 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 19870328008819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870328008819A), Mar 28, 1987: Cessna 310, Agua Dulce, CA, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast and overran the runway into trees at the end. Pilot was not rated in multi engine aircraft.

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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