# Accident 19921027043729A: Cessna 310R, Obyan, Northern Mariana Islands, October 27, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1992, 15:15 local time
- Place: Obyan, Northern Mariana Islands
- Airport: Saipan International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PIVA
- Aircraft: N5074J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5074J-1994-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 6,582 total, 78 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921027043729A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ROLLED OVER AND IMPACTED A WING. SLID INVERTED ON RUNWAY. WAS DEPARTING TOO CLOSE BEHIND A JUMBO JET.

## 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 LAX93LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA019), Oct 28, 1992: Cessna 310R (N5074J), Saipan, Mauritius, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT NOT FOLLOWING WAKE TURBULENCE (VOTEX) AVOIDANCE PROCEDURES, WHICH ARE DETAILED IN FAA PUBLICATIONS, RESULTING IN THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERING WAKE TURBULENCE. FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE: 1)…

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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