- Date
- March 9, 1990, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- O'Neill, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2919RCessna 310G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900309003719A
- Case key
- 34940
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to select the proper runway or go around. Factors related to the accident were: inadequate wind indicator, tailwind, failure of the pilot to attain the proper touchdown point, and the ditch.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Witnesses said the aircraft landed long on the 4400 foot runway, then continued off the departure end & went into a ditch. The landing was made with a 14 knot tailwind component. The plt said he was unable to determine the wind direction because of a poorly marked wind indicator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2919R
- Reported as
- Cessna 310G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310G-0119
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dougherty, John
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- APA · Denver, CO
- Airport
- ONL · O'Neill, runway 13, 4,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 292 total · 28 in this make and model · 202 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ONL, 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.