# Accident 20110101000089A: Cessna 310F, Orange, MA, January 1, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2011, 17:57 local time
- Place: Orange, MA
- Airport: Orange Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5767° N, 72.2900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5767&lon=-72.2900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6725X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6725X-2013-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310F (registry code 2074216, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 54 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110101000089A

## Narrative

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

THE PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED KEEN FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT WITH A PASSENGER DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS (APPROX 1630L).  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT KORE AFTER DARK (1757L).DURING HIS APPROACH, TO RUNWAY 19 AT KORE, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES APPROXIMATELY 1/8 OF A MILE SHORT OF THE RUWAY THRESHOLD AND WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND HIS PASSENGER WAS KILLED.  THE PILOT REPORTS HAVING FLOWN HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19 BY UTILIZING A VASI SYSTEM. HE REPORTED HAVING A "WHITE OVER RED LIGHT ON THE VASI SYSTEM AND HAD THE ILLUMINATED RUNWAY IN SIGHT".  WHEN THE VASI LIGHTS STARTED TO DIM OR FLICKER, HE BECAME CONCERNED, ADDED POWER TO THE AIRPLANE AND IMMEDIATELY STRUCK TREES.RUNWAY 19 AT KORE HAS NO VASI OR PAPI SYSTEM INSTALLED ON THAT RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA11FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA102), Jan 1, 2011: Cessna 310F (N6725X), Orange, MA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain separation from trees during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and lack of recent night flight experience.

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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