- Date
- January 14, 1996, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Irvington, AL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N700YACessna 310C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960114000569A
- Case key
- 37970
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that when the airplane descended below the tree line on final approach, there was a decrease in wind. He applied power to compensate for the change in the wind, and the airplane pitched up and stalled. The airplane then landed hard on the right main landing gear, and the right main landing gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
On January 14, 1996, about 1630 central standard time, a Cessna 310C, N700YA, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, experienced a hard landing at the Roy E. Wray Airport, Irvington, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The flight originated from Mobile, Alabama, about 40 minutes before the accident.
The Owners Manual for the Cessna 310C, Section 3, Operating Details, states at a gross weight of 4,830 pounds, gear down, 15- degree flap deflection, 0-degree angle of bank, the airplane will stall at 80 mph. With a 45-degree flap deflection, the airplane will stall at 74 mph.
Review of weather information obtained from Mobile, Alabama, for the time period of the accident revealed no recorded record of turbulence, downdrafts, gusts, or windshear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700YA
- Reported as
- Cessna 310C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5868
- Airframe hours
- 5,622
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel J. Van Antwerp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1995 · 135 hours before
- Departed
- MOB · Mobile, AL
- Destination
- 5R7
- Airport
- 5R7 · Roy E. Wray, runway 18, 2,640 × 300 ft, grass/turf
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,112 total · 488 in this make and model · 4,993 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOB, 15 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.
Other investigations on N700YA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.