# Accident 20131112024709A: Cessna 310R, Junction, TX, November 12, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2013, 10:00 local time
- Place: Junction, TX
- Airport: Kimble County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4831° N, 99.7969° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4831&lon=-99.7969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38LH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38LH-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 390 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131112024709A

## Narrative

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

ON NOV. 12, 2013, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 310 LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, N38LH, ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE JUNCTION AIRPORT UNDER INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INVERTED AND CRASHED ALONG A HILLSIDE AND EXPLODED ON IMPACT.

THERE WAS A POST CRASH FIRE. BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT.

## 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 CEN14FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA051), Nov 12, 2013: Cessna T310R (N38LH), Junction, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated private pilot's decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the loss of airplane control. Contributing to…

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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