- Date
- April 4, 1985, 09:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Ronkonkoma, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1022QCessna 310H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850404076319A
- Case key
- 35803
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Gear retraction - not performedCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The aircraft deeparted runway 33L and climbed to about 500 feet AGL with the landing gear down. Near the departure end of runway 33L the aircraft banked right and spiraled to the ground and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1022Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310H0022
- Airframe hours
- 3,007
- Engine
- Continental I0-470D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hugh E. Long
- Registered owner
- James F. Dana/Hugh E. Long
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1984 · 36 hours before
- Destination
- SGJ · St. Augustine, FL
- Airport
- ISP · Long Isld Macauther Arpt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 132 total · 22 in this make and model · 116 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ISP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.