Cessna 310Q N119RS

Summary

On 22 February 2011 at about 01:10 local time, a Cessna 310Q registered N119RS, operated by Blatti Aviation, was involved in an accident near Romeoville, Illinois, United States. One person was 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

22 February 2011 at 01:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Romeoville, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Lewis University (LOT)

Coordinates

41.6081, -88.1028

Aircraft

Cessna 310Q

Registration

N119RS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Blatti Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Port Huron → Romeoville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN11CA199

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the approach/landing to compensate for the ice accumulated on the airframe which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that she checked the weather prior to departing on the cross country flight and it appeared that an area of icing had cleared out of the area near the destination airport. While descending through 4,000 feet near the destination, the airplane began to pick up ice quickly. She advised the air traffic controller and cycled the deice boots several times. She reported that she was unable to determine how much ice was accumulating on the airplane and she made the landing approach using normal approach speeds. The airplane touched down hard resulting in substantial damage to the internal structure of the left wing. She reported that after the landing ice was visible along the leading edge of the wings. She stated that she should have maintained a higher airspeed during the approach and landing to prevent the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.