# Accident 19941230043399A: Cessna 310Q, St Augustine, FL, December 30, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1994, 18:30 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8905° N, 81.3099° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8905&lon=-81.3099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30LC-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 15 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL95FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941230043399A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON CLIMBOUT. CRASHED INTO SWAMPY CANAL. NOTED EXCESSIVE RUDDER AILERON TRIM. GYRO INOP. IMC WEATHER.

## 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 ATL95FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95FA031), Dec 30, 1994: Cessna 310Q (N30LC), St. Augustine, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT'S ATTEMPTED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND LOSS OF CONTROL.

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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