# Accident 20110319003519A: Cessna T310R, Butte, MT, March 19, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2011, 16:05 local time
- Place: Butte, MT
- Airport: Bert Mooney
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0092° N, 112.5836° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0092&lon=-112.5836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4914A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4914A-2011-10-04) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110319003519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED GTF FOR BUTTE, MONTANA IN A CE T310R.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED FOR KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS.  THE PILOT WAS GIVEN AN APPROACH CLEARANCE FOR AN ILS RUNWAY 15 APPROACH, @ 2204Z THE PILOT REPORTED GOING MISSED, LESS THAN ONE MINUTE LATER THE PILOT CALLED A MAY-DAY.THE APPROACH WAS SHOT DURING A SNOW SQUALL DURING WHICH AIRPORT VISIBILITY DROPPED TO 1/4 MILE, IN LARGE FLAKE/WET SNOW.  WINDS WERE GUSTING ABOVE 35.BUTTE RWY 15 ILS HAS A DH OF 6711, THIS IS 1188 FEET ABOVE THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE OF 5523.  THE DH OCCURS AT ABOUT 4 MILES DISTANCE FROM THE 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 WPR11FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA170), Mar 19, 2011: Cessna T310R (N4914A), Butte, MT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during the missed approach for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the rapid and unforecast deterioration of the weather conditions to below…

## Other reports on N4914A (1)

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

- [Accident 20080830844289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080830844289A), Aug 30, 2008: Cessna T310R (N4914A), Seeley Lake, MT, No damage. (-23) On August 30, 2008, at approximately 2158 MDT, a Cessna T310R, N4914, registered to [privacy data omitted], struck and killed a deer with the right main…

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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