- Date
- February 24, 1982, 22:00 local (Feb 25, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Doylestown, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1EJCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820224002599A
- Case key
- 70502
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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
While descending ice began to accummulate on the windshield and leading edges of the wings. The pilot stated that the windshield was covered with 1/2 to 3/4 inch of ice but he was able to clear a small strip large enough for him to see out. Upon reducing power for flare/touchdown the aircraft dropped hard on all three wheels. The right wing outboard of the engine nacelle buckled downward until the right tip tank struck the runway and was dragged along the ground. The pilot could not maintain directional control and the airplane came to rest against the curb of an airport service road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1EJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0750
- Airframe hours
- 763
- Engine
- Continental IO-470VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rare Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Rare Air Inc.
- Departed
- Erie, PA
- Destination
- Doylestown, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- N88 · Doylestown, runway 5, 3,000 × 50 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,421 total · 110 in this make and model · 2,288 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHL, 30 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.