Cessna 310J N310RA

Summary

On 3 January 2005 at about 20:45 local time, a Cessna 310J registered N310RA, operated by Richard W. Alldredge, was involved in an accident near Davenport, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 January 2005 at 20:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Davenport, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Davenport Municipal (68S)

Coordinates

47.6096, -122.2993

Aircraft

Cessna 310J

Registration

N310RA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard W. Alldredge

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Auburn → Davenport

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA05CA035

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing with airframe ice, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and hard landing. Factors were the icing conditions and the airframe ice.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight encountered light mixed icing during descent. The airplane was in icing conditions for about 15 minutes. The pilot used the de-icing boots during the icing encounter and cycled the boots for the last time on downwind leg for landing. During the landing flare, he reduced power over the threshold about 15 feet agl, and the airplane stalled at a higher than normal airspeed resulting in a hard landing. The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented by keeping power and airspeed up until touchdown when landing an airplane which has encountered icing conditions and retained some airframe ice.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.