# NTSB MIA84LA125: Cessna 310R, N1UB, Palm Beach, FL, March 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 19, 1984, 17:36 local (22:36 UTC)
- Place: Palm Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 26.660125, -80.090751 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6601&lon=-80.0908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31109
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31109/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA125

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wing - bent (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - design stress limits of aircraft - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,tire - failure,total (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1UB-2003-05-21), registration cancelled 2003-05-21, S/N 310R1291, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Registry model: [Cessna 310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (registry code 2074245) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310R1291
- Airframe hours: 1371
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840319018259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840319018259A), Mar 19, 1984: Cessna 310R, Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing which caused tire to blow out and left wing to wrinkle.

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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