- Date
- April 22, 1986, 01:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1909GCessna C-310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860422014739A
- Case key
- 30326
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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
The pilot of the C-310R stated upon landing flare he heard a loud noise on the right side. His speed was such that he became airborne again on relanding right propeller blades struck runway. Aircraft suffered major wing and structural damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1909G
- Reported as
- Cessna C-310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R-1225
- Airframe hours
- 5,988
- Engine
- Continental IO-540M, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Flight Group, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 3, 1985 · 993 hours before
- Departed
- ROC · Rochester, NY
- Destination
- BUF · Buffalo, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BUF · Buffalo, runway 32, 5,376 × 150 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 600 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 270 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Observed at
- BUF, 70 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.