19881224056159A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 310R · Madison, IN · December 24, 1988

Date
December 24, 1988 · 06:34 local
Place
Madison, IN
Airport
Madison Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
AJKA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5121J
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI89FA035
Reported as
Cessna 310R
Reported engine
Continental IO520N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
4,914 total220 in this make and model

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Indicates pilot flew into ground while circling low to land after night VOR approach. Failed to monitor altitude.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES PILOT FLEW INTO GROUND WHILE CIRCLING LOW TO LAND AFTER NIGHT VOR APPROACH. FAILED TO MONITOR ALTITUDE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N5121J · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.