- Date
- May 24, 1990, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sedona, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N161ACessna 310G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900524017299A
- Case key
- 26819
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Probable cause
The pilot selected the wrong runway, and proper touch down point was not attained.
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 pilot landed long on runway 03 and overran the end. The pilot stated he thought the touch down was about mid-field. Witnesses, howver, observed the aircraft touch down about 4,000 feet down the 5,131 foot long runway. The witnesses also stated the aircraft landed with an estimated 15 to 25 knot tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N161A
- Reported as
- Cessna 310G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310G0022
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-A1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Falk, Louis W.
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Development Corp
- Destination
- SEZ
- Airport
- SEZ · Sedona, runway 3, 5,131 × 75 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
- 80
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,200 total · 3,800 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N161A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.