# Accident 19980723016969A: Cessna 310Q, Daytona Beach, FL, July 23, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1998, 08:01 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Spruce Creek Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1091° N, 80.9696° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1091&lon=-80.9696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8135Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8135Q-2000-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980723016969A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, COMMUNICATION WAS LOST, ACFT WAS DESTROYED. THE TWO OCCUPANTS SUFFERED FATAL INJ. (-23) WITNESSES REVEALED THAT THE PILOT DEPARTED IN THE FOG NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. APPROXIMATELY 4,000 FT. FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE COLLIDED WITH A TREE SEVERING THE FUEL TANK AND PART OF THE OUTBOARD WING. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE STRAIGHT AHEAD FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER.

## 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 MIA98FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FA205), Jul 23, 1998: Cessna 310Q (N8135Q), Port Orange, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and his continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in in-flight collision with trees. A related factor was the fog.

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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