# NTSB MKC70D0301: Cessna 310P, N5733M, Pocahontas, IA, December 9, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 9, 1969
- Place: Pocahontas, IA · POCAHONTAS, IA
- Location: 42.7370° N, 94.6660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pocahontas, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7370&lon=-94.6660&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 27, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 145979
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC70D0301
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70D0301

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4601   69/12/9   POCAHONTAS,IOWA     CESSNA 310P         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1610                    N5733M              PX-  0  0  1  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 44, 9665 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            408 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - POCOHONTAS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          OMAHA,NEBR                  POCAHONTAS,IOWA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- L GR ENTERED SNOWBANK ALONG L SIDE OF RWY.ACFT VEERED L,NOSE GR HIT SNOWBANK,COLLAPSED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5733M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pocohontas

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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