# Accident 20091213053759A: Cessna 310R, Alva, OK, December 13, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2009, 00:00 local time
- Place: Alva, OK
- Airport: Alva
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7558° N, 98.6706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7558&lon=-98.6706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310CR-2015-05-13) (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
- Reported engine: TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091213053759A

## Narrative

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

THE IFR RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/COMMERCIAL PILOT DEPARTED SUNDANCE AIRPARK (HSD) AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 BOUND FOR ALVA REGIONAL (AVK) IN A 1976 CESSNA 310R.  WITNESSES REPORT THAT HEAVY FOG WAS PRESENT AT AVK.AT APPROXIMATELY 2400 THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEARD BY WITNESSES PASS OVERHEAD BUT WAS NEVER SEEN DUE TO THE FOG.  SEVERAL MINUTES LATER A LOUD "BANG" WAS HEARD AND THE WITNESSES CALLED 911.THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE SOUTH AND SLIGHTLY WEST OF RUNWAY 35 AT AVK.  THE DEBRIS PATH INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROACHING THE AIRPORT FROM THE SOUTH AT A HEADING OF 358.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT SHOWS A HIGH SPEED/ LOW ANGLE OF IMPACT.  PROPELLER DAMAGE IS CONSISTANT WITH A HIGH POWER SETTING.  THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR WERE UP AND CORRESPOND WITH SELECTORS IN THE COCKPIT.

## 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 CEN10FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA071), Dec 13, 2009: Cessna 310R (N310CR), Alva, OK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's impairment due to medication use, a migraine headache, or both, and his decision to continue the approach below minimums without the proper visual references, resulting in the subsequent…

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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