# Accident 19900116001259A: Cessna 310R, Burlington, VT, January 16, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1990, 17:58 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Burlington International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4924° N, 73.2395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4924&lon=-73.2395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5115J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5115J-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900116001259A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL DURING VECTOR TO ILS APPROACH IN DARK NIGHT AND IMC. CRASHED INTO A LAKE. HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS IN AREA.

## 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 NYC90FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA054), Jan 16, 1990: Cessna 310R (N5115J), Burlington, VT, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A DESCENT AND CRASHED IN A LAKE.

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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