# Accident 20080831851939A: Cessna T310R, Export, PA, August 31, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2008, 09:45 local time
- Place: Export, PA
- Airport: Arnold Palmer Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4608° N, 79.6078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4608&lon=-79.6078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3180M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3180M-2012-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08FA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080831851939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CESSNA N3180M, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED LATROBE, PA (KLBE) AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 ON AUGUST 31, 2008.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT FATALLY INJURED AT APPROXIMATELY 0940 ON AUGUST 31, 2008.  THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND FIVE MILES NORTHWEST OF DELMONT, PA.  POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND NO ABNORMALITIES.  LAST ANNUAL WAS JUNE 2008.  A WITNESS STATED THERE WAS NO ENGINE SPUTTERING AND THE PLANE WAS COMING DOWN VERY FAST AND FULL THROTTLE.

## 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 MIA08FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08FA177), Aug 31, 2008: Cessna T310R (N3180M), Latrobe, PA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's impairment/incapacitation (cardiovascular) resulting in the pilot being unable to control the airplane.

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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