# Accident 19880324006409A: Cessna 310Q, Servia, IN, March 24, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1988, 09:38 local time
- Place: Servia, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9552° N, 85.7371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Servia, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9552&lon=-85.7371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7797Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7797Q-2013-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO520E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,975 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI88FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880324006409A

## Narrative

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

NO CURRENT PILOT LICENSE, NO MEDICAL, NOT RATED IN TYPE. FLEW INTO THUNDERSTORM AND AIRCRAFT CAME APART IN FLIGHT.

## 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 CHI88FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA080), Mar 24, 1988: Cessna 310Q (N7797Q), Servia, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT INDUCED OVERLOAD TO THE AIRPLANE STRUCTURE CAUSING MATERIAL FAILURE OF THE AIRPLANE. ATTEMPTED FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER, AND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION OF THE PILOT, ARE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.