# NTSB MIA84LA108: Cessna 310N, N4197Q, Tampa, FL, March 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 13, 1984, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31096
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31096/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA108

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER ARRIVAL, HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND & MADE A LANDING CHECK, BUT 'APPARENTLY MADE GEAR-UP LANDING.' DURING AN INVESTIGATION, THE GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW THE ACFT WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4197Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4197Q-1993-10-25), registration cancelled 1993-10-25, S/N 310N0097 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- Registry model: [Cessna 310N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (registry code 2074234) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310N-0097
- Airframe hours: 3580
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-V 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kenneth Rogers
- Registered owner: Lake Minnetonka Homes, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 17, 1983
- Departed: GNV, GAINESVILLE, FL
- Destination: TPA, TAMPA, FL
- Airport: runway 36R, 8,300 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,600 total, 300 in this make and model, 1,485 as pilot in command, 210 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 22,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 5 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 19840313060079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840313060079A), Mar 13, 1984: Cessna 310N, Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. Landed gear ulp. No mechanical problems found.

## Other investigations on N4197Q (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI73FEI27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEI27), Feb 23, 1973: Cessna 310N (N4197Q), Painsville, OH, substantial damage

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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