# Accident 19920808029729A: Cessna 310E, Honolulu, HI, August 8, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1992, 02:12 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3502° N, 157.8801° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3502&lon=-157.8801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26070, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26070-2011-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310E (registry code 2074214, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310E
- Reported engine: CONT IO470D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,414 total, 144 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA337) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920808029729A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AT DARK NIGHT,HEAVY RAIN. DISAPPEARED OFF RADAR OVER OCEAN. CABIN SEATS IN OCEAN.

## 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 LAX92LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA337), Aug 8, 1992: Cessna 310M (N26070), Honolulu, HI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON AFTER THE PILOT TOOK OFF AT NIGHT AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE AREA OF A THUNDERSTORM AND LIGHTNING.

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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