# Accident 20110330006029A: Cessna 310R, Pikeville, KY, March 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2011, 12:48 local time
- Place: Pikeville, KY
- Airport: Pike County-Hatcher Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.5528° N, 82.5722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5528&lon=-82.5722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1914G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1914G-2011-06-29) (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: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,242 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110330006029A

## Narrative

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

ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:48 EASTERN TIME, A CESSNA 310R, OPERATED BY A CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, (ATP), WAS DESTROYED ON APPROACH TO PIKE COUNTY AIRPORT/HATCHER FIELD OFF OF AIRPORT PROPERTY.  THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ATP CERTIFICATE # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND THE ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM (MGY) DAYTON WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPORT DAYTON, OH.  THERE WAS A POST CRASH FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO MILLER AVIATION (MLJA) OF PORTLAND IN.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER CFR PART 135 AND IN INSTRUMENT METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## 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 ERA11FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA218), Mar 30, 2011: Cessna 310R (N1914G), Pikeville, KY, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's flight below the published minimum descent altitude in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a collision with trees and the ground. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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