# Accident 19850828076389A: Cessna 310B, Hawthorne, FL, August 28, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1985, 23:00 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, FL
- Airport: Melrose
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5895° N, 82.0797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5895&lon=-82.0797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N543GT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,155 total, 32 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850828076389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AUTOPILOT STARTED SMOKING AND PITCHED AIRCRAFT DOWN. HIT TREES, THEN GROUND. HAD AUTOPILOT ON AT 1000 FEET AGL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA85LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA240), Aug 29, 1985: Cessna 310B (N543GT), Hawthorne, FL, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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