- Date
- March 19, 1984, 17:36 local (22:36 UTC)
- Place
- Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1UBCessna 310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840319018259A
- Case key
- 31109
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Wing - bentFactor
Flare - improperCause
Throttle/power control - improper use ofCause
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededCause
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,tire - failure,totalFactor
Analysis
The acft landed hard, blew the left main tire and ran off the runway. A witness stated 'the pilot came in high on final, chopped power off and landed hard.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1UB
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R1291
- Airframe hours
- 1,371
- Engine
- Continental IO-520M, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence S. Zeliadt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SGJ · St. Augustine, FL
- Destination
- PBI · Palm Beach, FL
- Airport
- PBI · Palm Beach
N1UBRegistration cancelled May 21, 2003 · Cessna 310RAirframe modelCessna 310REngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,400 total · 50 in this make and model · 4,400 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 1 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.