# Accident 20041124035479A: Cessna 310R, Waterford, VA, November 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2004, 12:09 local time
- Place: Waterford, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1667° N, 77.6000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1667&lon=-77.6000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310DM-2005-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041124035479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 24, 2004, AT 1209 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 310R, N310DM, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER IMPACTING TERRAIN IN PAEONIAN SPRINGS, VIRGINIA, DURING AN APPROACH TO THE LEESBURG EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (JYO), LEESBURG, VIRGINIA. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ILM), WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THE PILOT HAD ATTEMPTED A LOCALIZER (LOC) APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17 AT LEESBURG, WHICH RESULTED IN A MISSED APPROACH. THE PILOT REQUESTED A SECOND LOCALIZER APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17, AND DURING THE APPROACH, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TREES ABOUT 5 MILES FROM THE LEESBURG AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN A CLUSTER OF SHRUBS ON PRIVATE RESIDENCE PROPERTY, ABOUT 4.5 MILES FROM THE RUNWAY 17 THRESHOLD. THE ELEVATION AT THE SITE WAS ABOUT 717 FEET MSL. EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE ON NOVEMBER 25, 2004, REVEALED THAT THE TERRAIN WHERE THE FIRST IMPACT POINT WAS OBSERVED CONSISTED OF HARD WOOD TREES REACHING A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 80 FEET.

## 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 NYC05FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05FA021), Nov 24, 2004: Cessna 310R (N310DM), Paeonian Spring, VA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the published instrument approach procedure, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. A factor related to the accident was the low cloud ceiling.

## Other reports on N310DM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930628032439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930628032439I), Jun 28, 1993: Cessna 310R (N310DM), South Bend, IN. Smoke in cockpit. Diverted to South Bend. Found short in a capacitor in transmitter.

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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