# Accident 19890917035309A: Cessna 310I, Hesperia, CA, September 17, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1989, 03:20 local time
- Place: Hesperia, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3595° N, 117.3204° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3595&lon=-117.3204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8087M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8087M-1990-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Reported engine: CONT IO470U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 339 total, 102 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890917035309A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED GROUND IN A FOG OBSURED PASS AND BURNED. APPEARS WAS FOLLOWING HIGHWAY INTO FOG AND RAIN.

## 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 DEN89FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA218), Sep 17, 1989: Cessna 310I (N8087M), Hesperia, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AND MISJUDGED HIS ALTITUDE ABOVE THE TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE PILOT'S LACK OF…

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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