# Accident 19881002042829A: Cessna 310Q, Tell City, IN, October 2, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1988, 00:50 local time
- Place: Tell City, IN
- Airport: Perry County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.9396° N, 86.7498° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9396&lon=-86.7498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8157Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8157Q-2002-04-29) (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 IO470VO
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,846 total, 253 in this make and model, 187 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881002042829A

## Narrative

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

VOR APPROACH CIRCLING TO LAND. ENTERED DENSE FOG ON BASE LEG. STRUCK TREES.

## 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 CHI89LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA001), Oct 2, 1988: Cessna 310Q (N8157Q), Tell City, IN, 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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