# NTSB NYC06CA098: Cessna 310Q, N93AC, Finleyville, PA, April 15, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 15, 2006, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Finleyville, PA
- Coordinates: 40.245834, -80.012222
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2458&lon=-80.0122&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63512
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63512/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA098

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged distance/speed during final approach, which resulted in an undershoot and hard landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing

## Analysis

The pilot was flying a visual approach to runway 32, a 2,505-foot long, 50-foot wide, asphalt runway.  On final approach, the pilot had the airplane configured with flaps extended 15 degrees, the landing gear extended, manifold pressure 18 inches, and airspeed at 118 mph.  About 700 feet from the runway threshold, he extended the flaps to 35 degrees, and decreased the airspeed to 100 mph.  The airplane then started to sink, and the pilot added full power; however, the airplane touched down hard in a dirt field about 100 feet prior to the runway threshold.  The airplane subsequently sustained substantial damage and came to rest upright, on a grass area off the right side of the runway.  The reported wind at a nearby airport, about the time of the accident, was from 320 degrees at 13 knots, gusting to 18 knots.   The pilot did not report any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The pilot was flying a visual approach to runway 32, a 2,505-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  On final approach, the pilot had the airplane configured with flaps extended 15 degrees, the landing gear extended, manifold pressure 18 inches, and airspeed at 118 mph.  About 700 feet from the runway threshold, he extended the flaps to 35 degrees, and decreased the airspeed to 100 mph.  The airplane then started to sink, and the pilot added full power; however, the airplane touched down hard in a dirt field about 100 feet prior to the runway threshold.  The airplane subsequently sustained substantial damage and came to rest upright, on a grass area off the right side of the runway.  The reported wind at a nearby airport, about the time of the accident, was from 320 degrees at 13 knots, gusting to 18 knots.   The pilot did not report any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93AC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93AC-2007-01-10), registration cancelled 2007-01-10, S/N 310Q0776, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 310Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 310Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (registry code 2074242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310Q0776
- Engines: Continental IO-520-E reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ken Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 2005
- Departed: FWQ, Rostraver, PA
- Destination: G05, Finleyville, OH
- Airport: G05, Finleyville Airpark, runway 32, 2,505 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 2,236 total, 110 in this make and model, 2,087 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 13 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.64 inHg
- Observed at: AGC, 8 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 20060415005349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060415005349A), Apr 15, 2006: Cessna 310Q, Finleyville, PA, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft got slow on approach and stalled approximately 100 feet short of the runway.

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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