# NTSB MIA87LA130: Cessna 310D, N6880T, Miami, FL, April 2, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 2, 1987, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Coordinates: 25.909715, -80.26918 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9097&lon=-80.2692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31891
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31891/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA130

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command
  - airspeed(vso) - below, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not possible, pilot in command
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PLT STALLED THE ACFT PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. ACCORDING TO FAA PERSONNEL AT OKLAHOMA CITY, THE PLT HOLDS A PRIVATE PLT CERTIFICATE WITH A SINGLE ENG LAND RATING AND WAS NOT RATED IN THE CESSNA 310D AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6880T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 39180
- Airframe hours: 2882
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-VO 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Marchini Instruments Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 5, 1987, 14 hours before
- Airport: OPF, Opa Locka, runway 36R, 4,374 × 244 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 270 total, 3 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MIA, 7 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 19870402010489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870402010489A), Apr 2, 1987: Cessna 310D, Miami, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft was damaged in a hard landing. The pilot was not multi engine rated. Flight was to check trim tab.

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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