# Accident 19891109044909A: Cessna 310I, Provo, UT, November 9, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1989, 13:47 local time
- Place: Provo, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2338° N, 111.6585° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Provo, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2338&lon=-111.6585&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N145Y-1991-11-26) (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: 1,267 total, 700 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891109044909A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED LAKE AND SANK WHILE FILMING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT BY AGREEMENT.TOO LOW GLASSY WATER DISTORTED ACTUAL CLEARANCE.

## 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 DEN90FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA021), Nov 9, 1989: Cessna 310I (N145Y), Provo, UT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE CESSNA PILOT MISJUDGE HIS ALTITUDE ABOVE THE WATER. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE PILOT ALLOWING HIS ATTENTION TO BE DIVERTED AND HIS LACK OF VISUAL/DEPTH PERCEPTION OVER THE CALM (GLASSY) WATER.

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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