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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 310Q · Miamisburg, OH · November 11, 2003

Date: November 11, 2003 · 18:00 local
Place: Miamisburg, OH
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N30HC
Reported as: Cessna 310Q
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total60 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N30HCRegistered now · Cessna 310QS/N 310Q1079 Airframe modelCessna 310Q Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed mgy on a maintenance flight when the weather (ASOS) was 400 ovst. And visibility between 1 and 1 1/2 miles. Mr. Paul posti, PIC of HS-125, N234JB, had just landed on an instrument approach at mgy and observed N30HC depart VFR in low visibility weather conditions and observed the CE-310 go into the overcast. Thinking the pilot was flying unsafely, in his opinion, called dayton ATCT and filed an official report. The pilot was contacted by the FAA and was told the aircraft did not go into the overcast and remained below 7000 ft. AGL with the visibility of 1 sm or greater, the aircraft remained in uncontrolled airspace and did not violate any regulation.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MGY ON A MAINTENANCE FLIGHT WHEN THE WEATHER (ASOS) WAS 400 OVST. AND VISIBILITY BETWEEN 1 AND 1 1/2 MILES. MR. PAUL POSTI, PIC OF HS-125, N234JB, HAD JUST LANDED ON AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH AT MGY AND OBSERVED N30HC DEPART VFR IN LOW VISIBILITY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND OBSERVED THE CE-310 GO INTO THE OVERCAST. THINKING THE PILOT WAS FLYING UNSAFELY, IN HIS OPINION, CALLED DAYTON ATCT AND FILED AN OFFICIAL REPORT. THE PILOT WAS CONTACTED BY THE FAA AND WAS TOLD THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT GO INTO THE OVERCAST AND REMAINED BELOW 7000 FT. AGL WITH THE VISIBILITY OF 1 SM OR GREATER, THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN UNCONTROLLED AIRSPACE AND DID NOT VIOLATE ANY REGULATION.