- Date
- November 30, 1984, 09:51 local (16:51 UTC)
- Place
- Pocatello, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37279Cessna 310R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841130064259A
- Case key
- 40092
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had descended to about 900 AGL after passing through icing conditions with a light accumulation of ice. When the landing gear was lowered the acft started yawing and the acft engine instruments were flucuating. The plt thought that the engines were surging. The acft was landed about 700 ft short of the rwy in sagebrush which collapsed the landing gear. No reason for the engine malfunction was found. The cowl flaps were closed on the right engine and open on the left engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37279
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R1202
- Airframe hours
- 2,193
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Regional Express
- Registered owner
- Ifg Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1984 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Destination
- PIH · Pocatello, ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PIH · Pocatello Municipal, runway 21, 9,056 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,372 total · 158 in this make and model · 217 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 19 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.