# Accident 20140110000939A: Cessna 310R, Waterford, MI, January 10, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2014, 19:48 local time
- Place: Waterford, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BUHA
- Location: 42.6644° N, 83.4428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6644&lon=-83.4428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3829G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3829G-2014-04-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,954 total, 32 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140110000939A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AND TERRAIN ABOUT 1,500 FEET WEST OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 9R (6,521 FEET BY 150 FEET, ASPHALT) AT OAKLAND COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PTK), PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, DURING AN INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY.

NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND POST IMPACT FIRE.

THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

THE POSITIONING FLIGHT WAS OPERATING ON AN INSTRUMENT RULES FLIGHT PLAN AND DEPARTED FROM FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT-BROWN FIELD (FTY), ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ABOUT 1701, AND WAS DESTINED TO PTK.

WEATHER WAS REPORTED AT 00:29Z AS: SP KPTK 110029Z 15010KT 1/4SM R09R/2000V2800FT FG VV002 02/01 A2986 RMK A02=

## 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 CEN14FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA110), Jan 11, 2014: Cessna 310R (N3829G), Waterford, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's controlled flight into terrain during an instrument landing system approach at night in instrument flight rules conditions. Contributing to the accident were the operator's inadequate…

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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