# Accident 19890209041069A: Cessna 310Q, Cleveland, OH, February 9, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1989, 00:45 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Burke Lakefront
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BLVA
- Location: 41.5179° N, 81.6826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURKE LAKEFRONT (BKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5179&lon=-81.6826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6269Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6269Q-1990-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470V
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89FAMS3](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FAMS3) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890209041069A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT FLEW INTO HEAVY SNOW SHOWER AT NIGHT OVER LAKE ON VFR VECTORS. CRASHED INTO LAKE.

## 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 ATL89FAMS3](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FAMS3), Feb 9, 1989: Cessna 310Q (N6269Q), Cleveland, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT INTO THE WATER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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