# NTSB MIA96LA062: Cessna 310C, N700YA, Irvington, AL, January 14, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 14, 1996, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Irvington, AL
- Coordinates: 30.500509, -88.230056 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5005&lon=-88.2301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1996
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37970
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA96LA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37970/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA062

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED DURING THE LANDING FLARE, WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - not possible, pilot in command
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700YA-1996-03-28), registration cancelled 1996-03-28, S/N 35868 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- Registry model: [Cessna 310C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (registry code 2074210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5868
- Airframe hours: 5622
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19960114000569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960114000569A), Jan 14, 1996: Cessna 310C, Bayou La Batre, AL, Substantial damage. Hard landing damaged airframe.

## Other investigations on N700YA (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 MIA76OKT33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76OKT33), Nov 23, 1975: Cessna 310C (N700YA), West End, Burkina Faso, 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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