# NTSB NYC82DA022: Cessna 310, N4875B, Butler, PA, January 15, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 15, 1982, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place: Butler, PA
- Coordinates: 40.86024, -79.889961 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8602&lon=-79.8900&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 15, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69200
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69200/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA022

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT ARRIVED AT THE DESTINATION AT DUSK. HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AT PATTERN ALTITUDE TO CHECK THE WIND AND RUNWAY CONDITION. HE NOTED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH SNOW. A LONG APPROACH WAS MADE TO RUNWAY 36 IN A CALM WIND CONDITION. JUST PRIOR TO LANDING, THE PILOT HEARD A "THUMP" AS THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED A PERIMETER ROAD THAT WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY. THE "THUMP" OCCURRED WHEN THE PLANE STRUCK AN AUTOMOBILE. THE PILOT CONTINUED AND WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, LEFT WING, AND LEFT PROPELLER, THE AUTOMOBILE'S ROOF, WINDSHIELD, AND A FENDER WERE DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS' OF THE AIRCRAFT OR AUTOMOBILE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4875B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4875B-2023-09-03), registration cancelled 2023-09-03, S/N 35175, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35175
- Airframe hours: 3500
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 240 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: John E. Novak
- Registered owner: John E. Novak
- Departed: FT. PIERCE, FL
- Destination: BUTLER, PA
- Airport: 3G9, Butler Roe, runway 36, 2,600 × 38 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,094 total, 452 in this make and model, 559 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 0 ft unknown

## 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 19820115001179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820115001179A), Jan 15, 1982: Cessna 310N, Butler, PA, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck automobile during landing. Left gear and wing recieved substantial damage.

## Other investigations on N4875B (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 MIA67D0135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67D0135), Aug 14, 1966: Cessna 310 (N4875B), Tifton, GA, 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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