# NTSB NYC86LA110: Cessna C-310R, N1909G, Buffalo, NY, April 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 22, 1986, 01:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Location: 42.9404° N, 78.7306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUFFALO NIAGARA INTL (BUF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9404&lon=-78.7306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30326
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30326/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA110

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1909G-2022-07-14), registration cancelled 2022-07-14, S/N 310R1225, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-310R
- Registry model: [Cessna 310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (registry code 2074245) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520-M](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-m) (registry code 17233, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310R-1225
- Airframe hours: 5988
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860422014739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860422014739A), Apr 22, 1986: Cessna 310R, Buffalo, NY, Substantial damage. The right wing bracket fractured on landing. The aircraft taxied to ramp. Break showed signs of overstress failure.

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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